The Senate voted Wednesday evening to approve a resolution blocking President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, marking a symbolic challenge to the administration’s ongoing trade policies.
The measure, led by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, passed with bipartisan support.
Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined Democrats in voting to terminate the national emergency declaration that serves as the legal foundation for the tariffs.
BREAKING🚨: U.S. Senate votes 50-46 to end President Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
The four Republicans who crossed party lines to oppose the tariff pic.twitter.com/rPl6epfAMu— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) October 29, 2025
The resolution followed Tuesday’s separate vote to overturn Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports, which passed with support from five Republicans.
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis voted in favor of the Brazil measure but opposed the effort to block the tariffs on Canada. Both resolutions required a simple majority to pass.
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“Massive tariffs on close trading partners such as Brazil and Canada are ill-advised abuses of presidential power that will make Americans poorer,” Kaine and Paul wrote in a joint op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday.
“Further, Trump is misusing an unrelated emergency statute to do it. His reckless, unconstitutional actions risk sending our country full steam ahead into economic chaos.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement explaining his vote in favor of the resolution, citing the impact of tariffs on consumers and his state’s farming sector.
“These tariffs have increased prices for Kentucky families and hurt our agriculture industry,” McConnell said.
Despite the Senate’s vote, the resolution is unlikely to advance further.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is not expected to bring the measure to the floor for a vote, effectively halting its progress.
The Senate’s action comes in response to President Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on Canadian imports to 35%, following an Ontario government-funded television advertisement that featured remarks by former President Ronald Reagan criticizing protectionist trade policies.
🚨O Canada is running a $75M anti-tariff PROPAGANDA ad on TV, here in the United States of America—Directed at Republican Voters…
“The Govt of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of @RonaldReagan…”@MarkJCarney @fordnation👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/hmNCfs54bi
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) October 24, 2025
The ad included Reagan warning that tariffs “hurt every American worker and consumer.”
The Trump administration defended the tariffs as a necessary tool to rebalance trade relationships and protect U.S. manufacturing.
White House officials have maintained that Canada’s trade practices, particularly in the agricultural and steel sectors, have placed American workers at a disadvantage.
Vice President J.D. Vance, speaking to reporters Tuesday after a Senate Republican luncheon, urged party members to support the president’s approach.
“Tariffs give us the ability to put American workers first,” Vance said.
“They force American industry to reinvest in the United States of America instead of a foreign country. They’re also incredible leverage for the president of the United States in negotiating these trade deals overseas.”
The Senate previously voted to nullify the president’s emergency declaration tied to tariffs on Canada earlier this year.
Paul, McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins also joined Democrats in that vote, citing similar concerns about executive overreach and economic fallout.
Administration officials argue that the tariffs are part of a broader strategy to counter what they describe as unfair trade practices and to strengthen domestic production.
President Trump has defended his decision to invoke emergency powers under existing trade law, stating that tariffs are a temporary measure designed to encourage new negotiations with allies and competitors alike.
Lawmakers expect additional votes related to the president’s trade authority later this week.
A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats, along with Paul, is preparing to introduce another resolution aimed at ending the emergency powers that justify the administration’s global baseline tariffs.
The White House has not indicated whether President Trump would veto any legislation limiting his tariff authority.
The administration’s trade team has said the current policy is vital to maintaining leverage in ongoing negotiations with both allied and rival nations.
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