The votes of the Senate, which aimed to block Trump's “liberation day” tariffs

Washington – It was an effort to block President Trump's “liberation day” in the Senate, since the far-reaching tariffs could disturb the US economy on Wednesday, with the Republicans of the Senate largely united in their opposition.

In a vote of 49 to 49, all of the Republicans rejected the measure to spend the White House and the GOP leadership in the Senate when the party tries to remain united in this topic. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, and Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, were not right.

The resolution, led by the democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and the Republican Senator Randa Paul von Kentucky, would end the national emergency on April 2, with which the President imposes the tariffs, and effectively blocks the extensive taxes for foreign imports. Together with Paul, the Republican Sensan Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, joined the Democrats and independent to support the measure and not attribute the majority to the round.

The measure would not have been almost taken in the GOP-controlled house, which would have made the coordination largely a symbolic.

The vote took place after the President had announced a 10% basic tariff for almost all US trading partners on April 2 and at the same time increased the taxes for dozens of other countries. Days later, as investors appear, Mr. Trump A announced 90-day break For most of its new tariffs, which keep the 10% baseline on the spot and at the same time increase the tariff set for imported goods from China.

Wyden told CBS News before voting on the chances of the measure that “this is a choice for senators”.

“They were at home and they heard from their voters like small companies that are beaten by these tariffs,” said Wyden. “If you want to listen to your voters, we will receive your support and if you are more concerned that Donald Trump is common to you, you will go with opposition.”

Paul admonished his co -republicans in the Senate before the vote on Wednesday and said: “This should not be a partisan problem” and noticed that “the congress did not discuss these tariffs. The congress did not choose for it

“If the Americans are to live under this emergency rule, this will not be because the president was looking for too much power,” said Paul. “It will be because the congress makes it happen.”

At the beginning of this month the Senate approved Another solution To block Mr. Trump's tariffs in Canada that fall under an earlier national emergency. At that time, four Republicans joined all Democrats and independent to support the measure – Murkowski, Collins and McConnell together with Paul. The house did not match the measure.

Mr. Trump had put pressure on the Republicans of the Senate to oppose the measure and asked the senators to support them by name. But these senators held in their opposition.

Before the vote this time in the US trade representative Jamieson Greer and Vice President JD Vance, during their start meeting on Tuesday of the conference, where senators said, Greer informed them that the administration made progress in trade agreements.

In the meantime, the Republican leadership of the Republicans in the Republican has taken over Steps to break Efforts to block Mr. Trump's tariffs. At the beginning of this month, the Republicans included in an important legislation that would prevent the members from force a vote to block the tariffs announced on April 2, after this was also made with the earlier tariffs. And every measure to reset the tariff would need the president's signature and with little probability to resume the opponents in the congress in his taxes.

The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said on Wednesday that it is not appropriate that the congress “steps in” a handful of weeks in the government's collective bargaining policy, and said at an Axios event that “the executive has a wide range of authority that has been recognized over the years”. But he suggested a limited openness to enter the street.

“If it comes close to where the imbalance is there, we would enter,” said Johnson, adding that the first step was to call the president to discuss the concerns. “But at the moment I think that this directive will ultimately achieve the desired result and that it will be good for the country, and that's why we welcome it.”

Nevertheless, the economic effects of the tariffs continued to rise. And economic growth slowed down in the first quarter of 2025, the trade department reported In his estimate of the country's gross domestic product on Wednesday.

The majority leader of the Senate, John Thune, told the reporters on Wednesday to the GDP report that “the tariff problem will probably take some time to achieve the results and the advantages of the advantages.”

“Overall, the things we do will have a long -term positive effect,” said Thune, a Republican in South Dakota. “The tariff problem is something that, as I said, is an open question, but we give you some space to negotiate and see if you can get some good offers.”