Voting Deadlock Prevents Senate from Rebuking Trump's Global Tariffs | National Review

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Paul, a strong advocate for free-market economics and limited government, co-sponsored the resolution alongside Senator Ron Wyden (D., Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.
49% : After days of stock market free fall, Trump paused most of the tariffs for 90 days, except for those on China.
39% : Trump had previously imposed 20 percent tariffs on China because of fentanyl inflows, prior to the additional 125 percent tariffs he placed on China this month.
36% : The measure was intended to prevent Trump from using a national emergency to impose 10 percent minimum global tariffs and additional tariffs up to 49 percent on countries worldwide.
36% : Trump and his officials have argued that the tariffs are necessary to bolster U.S. manufacturing capabilities and to end decades of unfair practices by foreign trading partners.
32% : Trump announced in April a "Liberation Day" plan to substantially increase tariffs on countries around the world, leading to panic on Wall Street.
28% : To celebrate 100 days back in office, Trump moved on Tuesday to walk back some of his auto tariffs as domestic automakers expressed fears that the tariffs will significantly increase costs.
22% : The House GOP was not expected to take up the measure, and the White House indicated that Trump would veto any disapproval resolution that passes through Congress.
15% : Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a libertarian conservative, and Senators Susan Collins (R., Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska), both moderates, bucked President Trump and their Senate GOP colleagues by voting with Senate Democrats.

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