Rand Paul revives GOP trade fight with vote on 'Liberation Day' tariffs - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The two men have periodically clashed on policy, but Paul has warmed to the president over his agency-slashing Department of Government Efficiency and Cabinet picks like Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "I'm still supportive of Donald Trump.
56% : I voted for him, support him, love a lot of the things he's doing, but we shouldn't have a country ruled by emergency," Paul said of the powers Trump is using on trade.
45% : Republicans have nervously given Trump leeway to negotiate a raft of trade deals, with the reimposition of tariffs serving as leverage, but Paul and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Democratic co-sponsor, still want a vote.
43% : " Trump has also taken steps to ease the tariffs' impact, signing an executive order on Tuesday that prevents overlapping duties on the auto industry.
42% : But the vote amounted to a symbolic rebuke of the Trump administration and divided a party that traditionally prides itself on free trade.
42% : " Still, their vote against the Canadian tariffs on April 2, which came hours after Trump announced his "Liberation Day" duties, was viewed as the first legislative blemish of his second term.
42% : " Republican anxiety has calmed some since Trump imposed those tariffs.
41% : In that vote, four Republicans joined all Democrats to end the national emergency Trump declared to give himself tariff authority.
41% : Amazon denied the change after an angry call to Bezos from Trump.
40% : Paul, a libertarian, has been careful to describe his resolution as a matter of principle and not an attempt to needle Trump.
37% : The Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on a resolution that reverses the "Liberation Day" tariffs Trump announced on April 2, even after the White House paused those duties for 90 days in the face of a market crash and turbulence in the bond market.
35% : There is nonetheless an undercurrent of concern that Trump is harming the economy the longer the tariffs, some of which fall outside the 90-day pause, remain in place.
32% : The administration had previously stoked confusion over whether Trump wants the tariffs to be a temporary bargaining chip or a permanent trade barrier.
24% : Trump subsequently chided all four Republicans who defied him, accusing them of playing "right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats.

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