The Senate passed a resolution on the 30th to halt President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” (tariffs levied differently on each country) on most countries around the world.
The Senate voted on the “Joint Resolution to End the National Emergency Declared for the Imposition of Global Tariffs” in a plenary session that day, with a vote of 51 to 47.
Republican co-sponsors of the resolution, including Senator Rand Paul (KY), former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY), Senator Susan Collins (MA), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), joined their Democratic counterparts in voting in favor.
This resolution is identical to the one that failed on April 30th. That vote was tied at 49-49, and Vice President J.D. Vance, who also serves as President of the Senate, cast the deciding vote against it. This week, while President Trump was on a tour of Asia, including South Korea, the Senate passed two more resolutions opposing Trump’s tariff policies. However, the likelihood of these resolutions passing the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is slim.