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Senator Tim Kaine succeeded in getting the Senate to approve a resolution to dissolve President Trump's ability to impose tariffs on Canada. But according to the president, the legislation's victory lap will be limited to the Senate. During his Senate floor remarks, Kaine explained President Trump used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to get the authority to impose tariffs, and it was using that same act that Kaine was able to force the vote on legislation to undo it. IEEP...Continue Reading

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine’s resolution blocking President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada passed through the Senate Wednesday night after four Republicans jumped to side with the Democrats in the final vote.  SJ-37 was first introduced in March, and Kaine took the floor yesterday prior to the final vote. He says after yesterday’s success in the Senate, they don’t plan to slow down. “This chaos is wrecking the world’s strongest economy. In addition to challenging the president on the Canadian t...Continue Reading

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a measure from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., to reject President Donald Trump's emergency rationale for tariffs against Canada. Four Republicans - Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; and Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined Democrats to pass the bill on a 51-48 vote. Senate Joint Resolution 37, which now goes to the House of Representatives, would end the national emergency Trump declared in order to justify tariffs on Canada. The pr...Continue Reading

Opinions on President Trump's tariffs remain divided among local lawmakers. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine expressed his views on the tariffs, which target countries Trump has labeled as the worst offenders in trade relations with the United States. "I have supported tariffs in the past," said Kaine. "If a nation is engaging in a very unfair trade practice against the United States, the idea for a reciprocal tariff, well, we are going to do the same thing to you, then hopefully that will encourage...Continue Reading

Earlier this month marked 250 years since the Second Virginia Convention - a precursor to the Declaration of Independence and a gathering of minds that featured the timeless exhortation from Patrick Henry to "Give me liberty or give me death." The anniversary of this speech is one of many such anniversaries in the next year or so as we mark a quarter-millennium of American democracy and Virginia's role in it. But lately I've been thinking about one particular facet of Virginia’s history as an in...Continue Reading

Tim Kaine, a Democrat, represents Virginia in the U.S. Senate. President Donald Trump is abusing emergency powers to impose tariffs on Canada that will raise prices for American families and alienate one of our closest allies - so I'm forcing a vote to challenge him. On Feb. 1, Trump announced that he was slapping a 10 percent tariff on energy imports from Canada and a 25 percent tariff on all other goods coming in from Canada. In response, Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods - a...Continue Reading

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia’s junior Democratic senator, feels strongly that Canada doesn’t pose a national security threat to the United States — a contrast to President Donald Trump, who has threatened the Great White North with tariffs as retaliation for what he says are insufficient efforts at keeping drugs from coming across its border. “There’s no reason to treat an ally and neighbor and friend like they’re an enemy,” Kaine said Wednesday. In a Feb. 1 executive order, Trump announced pla...Continue Reading

Sen. Tim Kaine led a panel discussion with local veterans in Dumfries last week as part of a weeklong tour of Virginia to hear the concerns of the state’s veteran population. “I’m really, really worried about what I'm calling the war on veterans that’s underway right now,” Kaine said. The March 17 meeting discussed the challenges faced by past service members, particularly the impact of federal workforce reductions and Veterans Affairs system issues. Kaine was joined by Army veteran and small bu...Continue Reading

Local Black farmers already beset by historic discrimination met with Virginia Senator Tim Kaine this week to discuss their concerns with Trump Administration tariffs and funding cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The gathering was organized by John Boyd Jr., a fourth generation farmer and founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association. The meeting at Boyd’s Baskerville farm marked one of 26 stops that Kaine made as he toured Virginia this week to hear from constituents...Continue Reading

Virginia U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and 13 of his Senate colleagues are demanding answers from President Donald Trump after a journalist was accidentally included in an unsecured group chat where top administration officials were reportedly coordinating U.S. military operations. According to reporting from The Atlantic, the magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat titled “Houthi PC small group.” The chat reportedly included members of Trump’s Cabinet an...Continue Reading

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia was in Damascus checking on Helene recovery efforts on Friday. News 5 spoke with him about President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Department of Education. Kaine is a member of the Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee, also known as HELP. According to a press release statement, Kaine said the order will have negative impacts on every student and will harm the economic growth of our nation. He said he will fight to make sure every st...Continue Reading

The Virginia Creeper Trail in Damascus where almost 6 months ago, Helene completely destroyed portions of it. Town leaders are in the process of discussing recovery efforts to get the trail, back on track. On this day, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and agencies which included VDOT and the U.S. Forest Service, along with Damascus town leaders gathered. Senator Tim Kaine was last in Damascus in October. Right after Helene, I toured through downtown, it was a stunner, I mean seeing the extent of damage,, ...Continue Reading

Senator Tim Kaine visited the Framatome expansion on Mill Ridge Road in Lynchburg, where construction is underway to create over 500 new jobs, ranging from engineers to support staff. "Virginia is right at the center of this and Lynchburg is the key location really for nuclear innovation going forward," said Kaine. The senator's visit aimed to discuss federal policies, funding, and tax incentives that could accelerate nuclear energy development in the area. "If you look for the increased power t...Continue Reading

A new outpatient clinic for veterans in Chesapeake is set to open next month with about a fourth of the staff needed to fully operate the facility, which the clinic's proponents say is a direct result of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze and spending cuts. The North Battlefield VA Outpatient Clinic would have about 550 employees when fully staffed but will only have about 150 when it starts accepting patients April 17, according to U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat who cosponsored a b...Continue Reading

Senator Tim Kaine hosted a roundtable discussion Monday with local veterans to discuss how the Trump administration's executive actions are harming veterans. "Sometimes the people who are being disadvantaged, those aren't the people who need to speak up," said Maurice Pettiford, who spent 20-plus years in the Marine Corps before going to the State Department. "There’s a way to do it with dignity and respect because many of the people they are cutting are veterans. I have no problem with needing ...Continue Reading

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says nearly half of adolescents in the country face a mental health disorder in their lives. Now, federal lawmakers are working on a bill to bring more attention to that statistic and shrink that number. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is now joining senators on both sides of the aisle pushing for a bill that would increase federal funding for prevention and early intervention programs. He says addressing mental health concerns early in children can ma...Continue Reading

The deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown is fast approaching. The United States Senate has until one minute before midnight on Friday to pass what's known as a continuing resolution. The Republican-controlled House passed one earlier this week, but at least eight Democrats will have to vote for it in the Senate before it can reach the desk of President Donald Trump. Virginia's junior senator, Tim Kaine, said he will not vote for the House's continuing resolution. “Shutting down the go...Continue Reading

As a government shutdown nears, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says that he and his Democratic caucus will not provide the support needed to pass the funding bill that House Republicans muscled through their chamber. The bill would extend government funding through September. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says he opposes the Republican-backed funding bill because it would weaken national defense. He says he’s not in favor of a shutdown either, and is pushing Republicans to support ...Continue Reading

Two Virginia lawmakers are seeking answers from the Trump administration over proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. U.S. Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., said Wednesday that they are demanding answers from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins regarding his plans to cut more than 80,000 VA employees this year, including at least 20,000 veterans. In a joint statement, Kaine and Warner said the proposed cuts would have a harmful imp...Continue Reading

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is one of three Democratic lawmakers spearheading a legislative effort to reinstate thousands of veterans who were fired from federal jobs as part of President Donald Trump administration’s mass layoffs of government employees.  Kaine, whose home state of Virginia has one of the highest populations of veterans in the country, introduced the Protect Veteran Jobs Act alongside U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.,  and Andy Kim, D-NJ, in an effort to reverse what they cal...Continue Reading