STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York’s senators joined forces with eight other Democratic representatives in a bid to protect small businesses from President Donald Trump’s tariff plan.

The tariffs, enacted on Trump’s “Liberation Day,” are an ongoing point of contention between the United States and other world leaders.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Chuck Schumer partnered with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Sen Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Ed Markey, and Sen. Mark Warner to propose the “Small Business RELIEF Act.”

The legislation would “exempt small businesses from global baseline and reciprocal tariffs and to provide refunds to small businesses that were forced to pay them,” according to a written statement.

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