In a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bold new tariff plan aimed at rebalancing America’s broken trade system and protecting U.S. manufacturing, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has announced he has the votes in the Senate to pass a resolution that would effectively kill the America First tariffs.
CNN’s Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju reported Monday that Paul expects the resolution to pass in the Senate this week and took direct aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for working to block the measure in the House.
Paul attacked Johnson for “chicanery” and “dishonesty” for inserting a provision in House rules that would prevent the anti-tariff resolution from being considered.
“I would call it chicanery. I would call it dishonesty. I mean, it’s just a terrible idea that he’s actually overturning the law with a rule,” Paul said.
“I would call it chicanery. I would call it dishonesty,” Paul said of Johnson’s move to tuck a provison blocking tariff resolutions into a rule. “I mean, it’s just a terrible idea that he’s actually overturning the law with a rule.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 28, 2025
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