{"id":2504277,"date":"2025-10-29T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/list-the-gop-senators-who-defected-to-defeat-trump-plan-for-fair-trade\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:13:52","slug":"list-the-gop-senators-who-defected-to-defeat-trump-plan-for-fair-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/list-the-gop-senators-who-defected-to-defeat-trump-plan-for-fair-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"List: The GOP Senators Who Defected to Defeat Trump Plan for Fair Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flist-the-gop-senators-who-defected-to-defeat-trump-plan-for-fair-trade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504277&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Senate, divided among Republicans and Democrats, passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largely symbolic bill<\/a> to block President Donald Trump&#8217;s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-buy-american-clean-energy-conundrum\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s \u2018Buy ...\u2019 Clean Energy Conundrum\">emergency powers<\/a> to impose a 50% tariff on goods from Brazil. The measure passed 52-48, with five Republican senators-Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, and Thom Tillis-joining Democrats to vote against the tariffs. These senators are known for occasionally opposing Trump or acting independently within the Republican Party. Despite pressure from Vice President J.D. Vance to support the president&#8217;s emergency powers, these lawmakers expressed concerns that using tariffs as an emergency measure is inappropriate and that tariffs function as taxes on American consumers, which should originate in the house of Representatives. The bill still requires consideration by the House, which has delayed actions on tariffs until January. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-condemning-from-the-river-to-the-sea-slogan-as-anti-semitic\/\" title=\"House Approves Resolution Denouncing Anti-Semitic \u2018From The River To The Sea\u2019 Slogan\">vote occurred amid<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-leavitt-holds-press-briefing-on-sixth-day-of-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Leavitt holds press briefing on sixth day of government shutdown\">government shutdown initiated<\/a> by Senate democrats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Senate that can&rsquo;t bring itself to reopen the government managed to pass a bill Tuesday to throw a wrench into President Donald Trump&rsquo;s tactics of using tariffs as a tool of foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>In a 52-48 vote, the chamber controlled by Trump&rsquo;s Republican Party passed a Democratic-led measure to end emergency powers Trump invoked to place a 50 percent tariff on goods from Brazil, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-republicans-defy-vances-warning-vote-block-trumps-brazil-tariffs-amid-shutdown?intcmp=tw_fnc&amp;taid=69017c30e8ad9b00012acf29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a largely symbolic measure at this point, but Democrats still couldn&rsquo;t have succeeded without the help of five Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The names are likely to be familiar to any American who follows American politics:<\/p>\n<p>They were Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup'); 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As one Trump-supporting social media user wrote, &ldquo;Thankfully, we get to replace two of them with MAGA Senators when they retire next year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Senate just voted to overturn Trump&rsquo;s tariffs on Brazil, with five RINOs joining Democrats:<\/p>\n<p>Rand Paul<br \/> Susan Collins<br \/> Mitch McConnell<br \/> Lisa Murkowski<br \/> Thom Tillis<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, we get to replace two of them with MAGA Senators when they retire next year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2rJOaL9vYk\">pic.twitter.com\/2rJOaL9vYk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1983318445526815094?\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While carrying the Republican label, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-susan-collins-throws-wrench-trumps-cabinet-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collins<\/a> and, especially, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-fulfills-pledge-campaign-murkowski-alaska-voted-impeach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murkowski<\/a> often act more as independent senators who caucus with the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is also a maverick, but from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rand-paul-responds-youtube-bans-anti-mask-video-badge-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">libertarian end<\/a> of the conservative spectrum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-takes-old-crow-mcconnell-wood-chipper-deal-marxist-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell<\/a>, the former Senate Republican leader, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-sen-thom-tillis-runs-cnn-brag-swearing-trump-behind-closed-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tillis<\/a> have locked horns often with Trump in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Both have announced their retirements from the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The five cast their votes even after a Capitol Hill visit by Vice President J.D. Vance, who urged Republicans to support Trump&rsquo;s use of emergency powers during a lunch behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To vote against that is to strip that incredible leverage from the president of the United States,&rdquo; Vance said after the meeting,&nbsp;according to Fox. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a huge mistake and I know most of the people in there agree with me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has framed his use of tariffs against other countries as a means to ensure fair trade for the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, according to Fox, explained his vote by arguing Trump&rsquo;s use of emergency powers in the tariffs case was inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Emergencies are like war, famine, tornado,&rdquo; he said, according to Fox. &ldquo;Not liking someone&rsquo;s tariffs is not an emergency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also cited procedural issues.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tariffs are an import tax, they are a tax, not a tax on China,&rdquo; he said, according to Fox. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a tax on the people who buy stuff from China, which are mostly Americans. Taxes are supposed to originate in the House, so I will continue to vote to end the emergency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s vote came as the government shutdown engineered by Senate Democrats was entering its fourth week after beginning Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The bill must still be considered by the House, which has ruled out any legislation dealing with Trump&rsquo;s tariffs until January, according to Fox.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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