In a dramatic showdown on Capitol Hill, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a decisive blow to a bipartisan Senate revolt, shielding President Trump’s assertive trade agenda from a legislative ambush.
With Democrats unified and a group of Republicans—led by Kentucky’s Sen. Rand Paul—defecting, the Senate found itself deadlocked in a 49-49 vote. At the center of the storm was a resolution to overturn Trump’s emergency executive action imposing strategic tariffs, a policy crafted to counter economic aggression from foreign powers.
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Vance, channeling constitutional conviction and political courage, stepped in to cast the tie-breaking vote that stopped the resolution in its tracks—cementing his role as Trump’s indispensable right-hand man in the upper chamber.
