Washington – Senate Democrats are forcing a vote on Wednesday night about whether to block the global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, a potentially difficult vote for some Republicans who have expressed their concern for politics but distrust them to cross the president.
Trump announced the Great scope tariffs In almost all US commercial partners on April 2 and then reversed a few days later after a market collapse, suspending import taxes for 90 days. Amid uncertainty for both US consumers and companies, the Trade Department said Wednesday that the US economy 0.3% from January to March was shruggedThe first fall in three years.
It is not clear if the resolution will pass to the Senate, and the passage of the House of Representatives is even less likely. But the Democrats say they want to put the Republicans in the registry in any way and try to reaffirm the powers of Congress.
“The Senate cannot be an inactive spectator in the madness of the tariff,” said Senator of Oregon, Ron Wyden, the main sponsor of the resolution.
The 47 Senate Democrats are expected to support the resolution, which means that they would need four republican votes for the passage. A similar resolution that would have frustrated Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada The Senate approved earlier this month With the support of the sens. Susan Collins de Maine, Lisa Murkowski from Alaska and Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. All but McConnell have indicated that they will vote for the broadest resolution on Wednesday.
Trump Trump, Republican leaders have encouraged their conference not to vote for resolution, even since many of them remain distrustful of tariffs. Vice President JD Vance attended the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday with the United States commercial representative, Jamieson Greer, who assured the senators that the administration is working in commercial agreements with individual countries.
Republicans who have been skeptical about tariffs said they will not vote with the Democrats, arguing that it is a political trick. North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis said he supports separate legislation from Iowa Chuck Grassley senator that would give Congress greater power over the determination of tariffs, but he would not vote not about the resolution, which said it is only about “making a point.”
Democrats say that Republicans’ failure to face Trump could have serious consequences. “The only thing that Donald Trump’s tariffs have achieved is to increase the chances of recession and send markets to a tail,” said Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. “Today they have to choose: continue with Trump or stand with their states.”
The democratic resolution forces to vote under a statute that allows them to try to finish the emergency Trump declared to establish the tariffs.
The Massachusetts senator, Elizabeth Warren, described it as a “false” emergency that Trump is using to impose her “On Again, Off Again, Red Light, Green Lights Tariffs”.
The tariffs “are pushing our economy of a cliff,” Warren said.
The Republican President has tried to assure a nervous country that his tariffs will not cause a recession since his administration has focused on China. He He told his cabinet on Wednesday The morning that their tariffs meant that China was “having great difficulty because its factories are not doing business.”
Trump said the United States really does not need imports from the world’s dominant manufacturer. “Maybe children have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” he said. “Then, perhaps the two dolls will cost a couple more dollars than they would normally.”
