"They're about the economic destruction of tariffs, but they are also really about how much will we let a president get away with?"
"Do my colleagues have a gag reflex or not, in terms of powers that constitutionally are handed to Congress?"
The Senate approved a 52-48 resolution to roll back the 50% tariffs on Brazil imposed in July. Five Republicans—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul—joined Democrats to pass the measure. The resolution may be largely symbolic because the House is unlikely to take it up under Speaker Mike Johnson and a presidential veto is likely. The vote signaled Republican unease about tariff impacts on U.S. farming and manufacturing and served as a test of support for the president's trade policies. The measure was the first of three planned votes aimed at reversing tariffs on several nations, led by Sen. Tim Kaine, and came ahead of a Supreme Court challenge to the president's emergency tariff authority.
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