to tie the president’s hands during a Tuesday vote.

In addition, according to Politico, the White House also warned congressional offices that Trump would veto the bill if it reached his desk.

Paul joined GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and voted with all Democrats in favor of the resolution, which failed in a 49-49 vote.

“Democrats’ efforts to pass the measure were hindered by the absence of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I) , who was returning to the U.S. from South Korea,” Axios reported, adding that retiring anti-Trump Sen. Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky, did not vote.

His office said in a statement that he has “been consistent in opposing tariffs and that a trade war is not in the best interest of American households and businesses.”

McConnell’s office added: “He believes that tariffs are a tax increase on everybody.”

Lawmakers have the ability to unilaterally initiate votes to disapprove of the administration’s declaration of a national emergency. On Wednesday, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) employed this strategy to call for a vote.

This Democratic approach is highlighting divisions within the Republican Party regarding concerns about rising prices and the extent to which President Trump is attempting to expand presidential powers, Axios noted further.

“I think these are more symbolic votes that Democrats are trying to engineer,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told the outlet. “Republicans are trying to give the administration, as we said, before, some space to figure out if they can get some good deals and awaiting the results of that.”

Paul told Axios that the issue could again resurface in the near future.

“It’s still a debate worth having, because, you know, if a month from now, we have massive tariffs go on and we have a massive sell off in the stock market, and we didn’t have a first good quarter in growth, and if it’s worse again in the second quarter, people would start asking, ‘Is it good policy, or is it a bad policy?’” he said.