Senate Dems foreshadow more forced votes to block Trump's emergency orders

"One at a time," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told reporters on Wednesday when asked if we would also be introducing a privileged resolution canceling Trump's emergency declaration in Mexico. 

"Let's get this one done. And if we can get this one done and succeed, then we also have to see what President Trump does this afternoon," he explained, referencing the president's planned remarks on tariffs at 4 p.m. in the White House's Rose Garden. 

"There may be a whole new series of trade or tariff-related motions coming your way soon," the Virginia Democrat said. 

Kaine did note that "Canada and Mexico are not completely the same because of some of the issues with respect to fentanyl," so it's unclear whether he would seek to challenge the Mexico emergency specifically. 

The Wednesday press conference was led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to rail against Trump's Canadian tariffs. 

"So we're going to fight these tariffs tooth and nail," he said. "Trump's done a lot of bad things. This is way up there." 

The White House did not immediately provide comment to Fox News Digital. 

Kaine's challenge to Trump's Canadian tariffs will get a vote on Wednesday evening, and it runs the risk of being agreed to and sent to the White House, as some Republicans have expressed concerns. 

"Mr. President, the price hikes that will happen for Maine families, every time they go to the grocery store, they fill their gas tank, they fill their heating oil tank, if these tariffs go into effect, will be so harmful. And as price hikes always do, they will hurt those the most who can afford them the least. Therefore, I will support this resolution, and I urge my colleagues to do so likewise," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in floor remarks on Wednesday. 

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has been a longtime critic of tariffs, even under Trump, will also be voting in favor of the resolution and is a co-sponsor. 

"President Donald Trump's executive order brings America into the future and unleashes prosperity. Senator [Tim] Kaine wants to cost the economy trillions and risk losing nearly a million jobs," deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said at the time. 

A White House official told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement on Tuesday, "President Trump promised to secure our borders and stop the scourge of fentanyl that's poisoning our communities, and he's delivering. Democrat Senator Tim Kaine is trying to undermine the President's Emergency Declaration at our Northern Borders - a measure that prioritizes our national security - for reasons that defy logic."