- The Senate almost adopted a resolution to block Trump's prices on April 2.
- It was a symbolic vote. The house does not take it back and Trump veta to the veto.
- However, the vote highlighted the opposition to Trump's prices within the GOP.
The Senate barely beat a resolution on Wednesday to block the pricing policies of President Donald Trump, who would have been a symbolic blow at his radical prices on foreign imports.
If resolution had become the law, he would have dismissed the national emergency that Trump declared on April 2 – nicknamed the “Liberation Day” by the President – which enabled him to implement a 10% rate on most foreign imports and “reciprocal” additional prices on dozens of countries.
The additional rates have been interrupted for 90 days, and the administration said it was negotiating with various countries to modify their trade policies.
The house was not to resolve after the Republicans adopted a rule which specifically blocks this type of resolution before the end of September. Trump would also have opposed his veto to resolution if she reached her office.
The voting of 49-49 in the impasse nevertheless stressed, for the second time in a month, that the Trump's commercial agenda does not have majority support in the upper room.
The resolution would probably have been adopted without the absences of the Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and the Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who both oppose Trump's pricing policies.
Three GOP senators joined the Democrats to vote for the resolution, in particular:
- Senator Susan Collins of Maine
- Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska
- Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky
These three GOP senators, with McConnell, voted for a resolution earlier this month to prevent Trump from imposing prices in Canada.
In addition, seven GOP senators have signed a bill to limit Trump's pricing powers. The bill obliges the congress to approve any new price within 60 days of their promotion.
Several other Republicans who have not signed this bill have also criticized Trump's prices, warning that they could cause higher prices and significant long -term economic damage.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas warned that prices could make cars made in the country much more expensive, citing conversations with a large car manufacturer, while Senator Ron Johnsin of Wisconsin told Bi that the prices brought “a massive quantity of disturbance” for companies.
