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Bill to to revoke Trump's "emergency order" to bypass congress in proclaiming tariffs failed because two senators were absent. (www.cnn.com)
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Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill late Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate that killed a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s trade policy.

Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked Trump’s global tariffs by revoking the emergency order the president is using to enact them. Two senators who were set to vote for the resolution, Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, were absent, allowing the resolution to fail 49-49.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)
  • the ones who skipped it are republicans (read: fascists)
  • if you believe it was anything other than a completely intentional bit of political smokescreen, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

Edit: fuckin.. Sheldon Whitehouse skipped it…? What the fuck. I had missed that. Welp; this is America, and betrayal of principles is the new black nowadays

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, were absent

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Edit: fuckin… Sheldon Whitehouse skipped it…?

Yeah, this was shady as fuck.