The members of the U.S. Senate just delivered a blow to President Donald Trump's tariff strategy. 

Just the News reports that the upper chamber voted 51-47 "to end President Donald Trump's tariffs."

As we will see, though, it is likely that this move will only prove to be symbolic.

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. Senate votes to TERMINATE President Trump's sweeping global tariffs, 51-47.

Republicans who voted to overturn Trump: Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski.

However, Speaker Johnson has indicated measures like these are DOA in the HOUSE. pic.twitter.com/jy64pJ56Zn

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 30, 2025

4 GOP defectors

As mentioned, the final tally was 51 to 47. What was not mentioned is that four members of the Republican Party joined with their Democrat colleagues to create that simple majority.

At this point, it will likely come as no surprise to the reader to learn that the four Republicans were U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Paul, in fact, was a sponsor of the resolution that passed.

The Hill explains:

The same proposal failed in the Senate in late April on a 50-49 vote after Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote to defeat it. Critically, McConnell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), who voted Thursday for the resolution, missed the vote in the spring.

The outlet also outlines the contents of the bill.

It reports:

The one-page Senate joint resolution simply declares that the national emergency declaration that Trump invoked on April 2, which the president dubbed “Liberation Day,” to authorize sweeping reciprocal tariffs on countries cross the globe would be “terminated” on the date of its enactment.

Dead on arrival

It seems virtually guaranteed that the Senate bill will be dead on arrival at the U.S. House of Representatives, meaning that the passage of the resolution by the Senate is going to be merely symbolic.

Politico explains:

The vote is unlikely to undermine the agreements, however, since House Republican leadership has blocked votes on Trump’s tariffs until March. Even if the House did eventually approve that or other tariff resolutions, Congress would need a two-thirds majority to overcome a presidential veto.

There is no sign that the backers of this resolution have this kind of support.

Nonetheless, Paul and others are trying to claim victory.

The senator, on social media, wrote:

I’m once again proud to see the Senate stand up for the Constitution and vote to end an unconstitutional tax on Americans. Tariffs aren’t paid by foreign countries, they’re paid by American families. I hope to see the House follow suit.