A bipartisan measure that sought to undo the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on most countries this month failed in the GOP-led Senate on Wednesday.

The vote ended in a tie, 49-49, with three Republicans — Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joining all Democrats present in support of the resolution, which was designed to terminate the national emergency Trump declared to implement his global tariffs.

Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who voiced support for the measure, were absent for the vote. It needed a simple majority to pass.

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    14 hours ago

    “Bipartisan”

    3 out of 51? Bipartisan? I do not think that word means what you think it means.

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    19 hours ago

    Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who voiced support for the measure, were absent for the vote.

    I guess this bill wasn’t that important.

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      18 hours ago

      Wasn’t Mitch McConnell complaining about the tariffs just the other day, having spent decades making sure the USA gets to this point? And then when he has the chance to stop them he doesn’t show up? What a guy.

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        15 hours ago

        Which just means they want the tariffs to happen. Perhaps a billionaire promised to buy him New Orleans or something?

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    19 hours ago

    Democrats really need to plan the votes around the times of day when Moscow Mitch isn’t in the middle of a reboot.

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      The Majority Leader decides when votes happen, so it was definitely planned for when the votes weren’t there. Either that or McConnell intentionally didn’t show up so he can keep claiming he’s against it while not actually allowing anything to get done.

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    Let them go on the record as supporting this madness, and let them go on the record often.