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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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[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 37 points 3 months ago

The bond market is failing. If that reaches fruition the economy collapses, including the banks.

Either Trumps own people turn against him or this horrific outcome may happen.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

The collapse of horror is not inherently horror.

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