Five Senate Republicans broke ranks Tuesday with President Donald Trump, joining Democrats in a symbolic vote to block his emergency tariffs on Brazil in a rare public rebuke of his trade policies amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Though the resolution passed the Senate with support from five Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — it is expected to stall in the Republican-controlled House, where leadership can prevent it from ever coming to a vote. Trump is also expected to veto the measure if it reaches his desk.

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The measure, sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sought to terminate the national emergency declarations Trump used to justify imposing 50% tari

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