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President Trump is meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on the last leg of his Asia trip this week. The two leaders posed for photos then made brief remarks during a bilateral
The Senate is passing legislation that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada. It is happening just as President Donald Trump is engaged in trade talks in Asia as well as an increasingly bitter trade spat with U.
Ky., and three other Republicans voted with Democrats to strike down President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on countries worldwide.
Senators voted 51-47 to stop the Trump administration’s broad tariffs imposed on imported goods from around the world. It’s a largely symbolic vote that comes just days before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments about President Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose the “reciprocal” tariffs.
The Senate passed a resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, with four Republicans joining Democrats to rebuke the administration’s trade policies a day after they voted to terminate tariffs on Brazil.
Given how low contemporary standards have fallen, this week’s Senate votes against the White House’s trade policies represent a modest breakthrough.
The Senate voted on Thursday to walk back environmental protections in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve that were imposed by the Biden administration, in Republicans’ latest effort to expand oil and gas drilling in the state.
Here’s a look at how Colorado members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed a resolution (S. Res. 467), designating Oct. 30 as a national day of remembrance for the workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program. There were no key votes in the House this week.