The Republican-led Senate has delivered a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump and his signature trade agenda.
Senators voted 51-48 Wednesday to reject the national emergency Trump declared earlier this year to justify his plan to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports.
The vote took place hours after the president delivered remarks from the Rose Garden rolling out his latest plans to slap new tariffs on a wide range of products.
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Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul joined all Democrats in backing a resolution from Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine that would end that national emergency. Another Republican, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, co-sponsored the measure and voted in favor.
