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Has Susan Collins voted against the Canada tariffs every time?

Matches stated record claim. She voted for both Senate resolutions to end the emergency behind the Canada tariffs, in April and October 2025; both passed the Senate and neither became law.

Susan M. Collins

Canada tariffs: her votes

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What they say

In both debates she said she has voted against the tariffs on Canada, and on October 8 that she did so every time the Senate voted on them.

What the record shows ·

The Senate has voted twice on ending the national emergency the Canada tariffs rest on, and she voted Yea both times: on S.J.Res. 37, which passed 51 to 48 on April 2, 2025, and on S.J.Res. 77, which she cosponsored and which passed 50 to 46 on October 29, 2025. She also voted Yea both times the Senate voted on ending the emergency behind the global tariffs, on April 30 and October 30, 2025. Neither Canada resolution has become law.

Limit: These were votes to end the emergency the tariffs rest on; the Senate has held no other vote on the Canada tariffs. Her work to get single items like road salt taken off the list is not on a public record and is not checked.

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  1. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on the Canada tariffs (48:02)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=2882s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    48:02-48:31. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

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  2. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on the Canada tariffs (53:05)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=3185s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    53:05-53:28. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

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  3. Senate roll call votes 160, 225, 598 and 600, 119th Congress, 1st sessionhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_119_1.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The Senate's own vote records, read October 10, 2026. Votes 160 (April 2, 2025, S.J.Res. 37) and 598 (October 29, 2025, S.J.Res. 77) are on ending the emergency behind the Canada tariffs; 225 (April 30, S.J.Res. 49) and 600 (October 30, S.J.Res. 88) on the global tariffs. Collins Yea on all four. No other roll call in 2025 or 2026 names the Canada tariffs.

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  4. S.J.Res. 37, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Tim Kaine's resolution. Passed the Senate 51 to 48 on April 2, 2025; received in the House and held at the desk. Not law.

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  5. S.J.Res. 77, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/77

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Tim Kaine's second resolution, with Collins among the original cosponsors. Passed the Senate 50 to 46 on October 29, 2025; held at the desk in the House. Not law.

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