Senate Republicans defy Vance's warning, vote to block Trump's Brazil tariffs amid shutdown

Senate Republicans used an uncommon rebuke versus President Donald Trump and his trade method on Tuesday, regardless of still staying mainly in lockstep amidst the continuous federal government shutdown.

A handful of Senate Republicans signed up with Senate Democrats to end Trump’s usage of emergency situation powers to carry out high, 50% tariffs on Brazil. While the resolution, led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., advanced from the upper chamber, however it can’t be used up in your house up until early next year.

That’s since Home Republicans just recently passed a guideline that would not enable the chamber to think about legislation handling Trump’s tariffs up until January of next year.

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5 Senate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, signed up with all Senate Democrats to advance the resolution.

Their defection from their GOP coworkers follows Vice President JD Vance cautioned legislators not to vote versus Trump’s use of tariffs throughout Senate Republicans’ closed-door lunch previously on Tuesday.

Vance argued after the lunch that tariffs offer Trump take advantage of to craft brand-new trade offers that benefit the nation and prompted Republicans not to break ranks versus the president.

” To vote versus that is to strip that extraordinary take advantage of from the president of the United States. I believe it’s a substantial error and I understand the majority of individuals in there concur with me,” he stated.

Trump at first utilized emergency situation powers to enact stiffer tariffs on Brazil in July and argued “that the scope and gravity of the current policies, practices, and actions of the Federal government of Brazil make up an uncommon and remarkable danger” to the U.S.

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Vice President JD Vance cautioned legislators not to vote versus Trump’s use of tariffs throughout Senate Republicans’ closed-door lunch previously on Tuesday. ( Alex Wong/ Getty)

It’s not the very first time the Senate has actually Trump’s tariffs. Previously this year, Republicans signed up with Democrats to rebuke Trump’s emergency situation statement for 25% tariffs versus Canada, and they attempted and stopped working to decline his usage of international tariffs.

Kaine likewise has strategies to bring 2 more resolutions, one to obstruct tariffs on Canadian products and the other on Trump’s international tariffs, later on today.

” It makes no sense to enforce tariffs on Brazil, and it’s simply being done to support the president’s pal,” Kaine informed press reporters ahead of the vote.

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Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks throughout a Senate Foreign Relations Committee verification hearing in Washington, March 13, 2025. ( Al Drago/Bloomberg by means of Getty Images)

Kaine was describing previous Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who at the time of Trump’s statement, was being prosecuted for a tried coup after an election loss in 2022. He was sentenced to 27 years in jail in September.

Paul argued that “emergency situations resemble war, scarcity, twister, not liking somebody’s tariffs is not an emergency situation.”

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” Tariffs are an import tax, they are a tax, not a tax on China,” Paul stated. “It’s a tax on individuals who purchase things from China, which are mainly Americans. Taxes are expected to come from your house, so I will continue to vote to end the emergency situation.”

When asked why more Senate Republicans had not joined him on his tariff position, Paul stated, “Worry.”