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The Senate passed a resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, with four Republicans joining Democrats to rebuke the administration’s trade policies a day after they voted to terminate tariffs on Brazil.
Ky., and three other Republicans voted with Democrats to strike down President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on countries worldwide.
In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold and pass a government funding bill without Democrats.
The Senate voted 50 to 46 on Wednesday to eliminate President Trump’s authority to impose steep tariffs on Canada, something he exercised again in recent days by ramping up tariffs on the country
Va., led a successful Senate resolution to end President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs on Brazil, with plans for more tariff votes this week.
Kennedy will get a vote Wednesday on his Congressional Review Act resolution to strike down a Biden-era Fish and Wildlife Service plan. It calls for killing about 450,000 nonnative barred owls in the Pacific Northwest, which are pestering and outcompeting the critically endangered native northern spotted owl.
Senate Republicans are resisting his demand to end the long-standing filibuster rule in order to end the government shutdown.