The Senate once again pushed back against tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump, voting against the 50 percent tariff on Brazilian beef imports.
Senators voted 52-48 to end the national emergency declared by Trump in order to impose the duties. Five Republican Senators joined Democrats in approving the move.
Politico said it’s the first in a series of three resolutions intended to stop the president’s tariffs on Brazil and Canada, as well as Trump’s tariffs on other countries around the world.
The vote does remain largely symbolic because of the House of Representatives, in which Republican leadership blocked the chamber from a potential vote to block the tariffs until March.
“Republican senators who go home feel like they’ve been hit with a wrecking ball,” said Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). “People come up to all of us and say, ‘The tariffs are killing us.’ In grocery stores, people are upset.”
