Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) says he will force Republicans to vote on resolutions to revoke President Trump’s authority to invoke reciprocal tariffs on Canada and Brazil, two of the nation’s largest trading partners, amid rising prices and general public discontent over the economy.
Kaine and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will introduce two resolutions that would repeal tariffs against Canada and Brazil, according to the Associated Press.
The two lawmakers joined Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in April in introducing a resolution to terminate Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under the National Emergencies Act.
The Senate passed the resolution that month with