- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
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.
Pretty fucking inaccurate to call it “bipartisan” when all of three senators from the overt fascism party voted for it.
I fucking hate how imbecilic and vapidly breathless our media apparatuses are.