Senate Republicans deal Trump a rare rebuke on trade with vote against Brazil tariffs

Claudia Grisales

Sam Gringlas

October 28, 2025 / 4:47 pm

The Republican-led Senate on Tuesday delivered a rare bipartisan rebuke of President Trump in a vote to terminate the emergency powers he has used to set tariffs on Brazil, part of a larger push to rein in the administration's efforts to install trade barriers.

By a vote of 52 to 48, the Senate approved a measure that would roll back the 50% tariffs on Brazil imposed by President Trump in July. Five Republicans joined with Democrats to pass it: Susan Collins of Maine, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Kentucky's Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.

The success of the resolution, which needed just a simple majority to pas

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