{"id":200113,"date":"2026-02-12T07:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-house-backs-bid-to-block-canada-tariffs-in-rebuke-of-trump-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:44:04","slug":"us-house-backs-bid-to-block-canada-tariffs-in-rebuke-of-trump-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-house-backs-bid-to-block-canada-tariffs-in-rebuke-of-trump-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"US House backs bid to block Canada tariffs in rebuke of Trump – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans join Democrats in objecting to national emergency US president declared to impose tariffs
The US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump<\/a> imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House\u2019s trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any Republican who defied him.
The largely symbolic resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to impose tariffs on Canada<\/a> passed 219 to 211, with six Republicans \u2013 Don Bacon of Nebraska, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Kevin Kiley of California, Dan Newhouse of Washington and Jeff Hurd of Colorado \u2013 voting with all Democrats except Jared Golden of Maine, who voted against it.
\u201cAny Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social before the vote was finalized, adding: \u201cTARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege.\u201d
Undoing Trump\u2019s tariff policy would ultimately require his approval, which was unlikely. On Wednesday, he warned Republicans against voting for the resolution, which GOP leaders had worked to forestall.
\u201cCanada has taken advantage of the United States on Trade for many years,\u201d Trump wrote in a separate post. \u201cThey are among the worst in the World to deal with, especially as it relates to our Northern Border. TARIFFS make a WIN for us, EASY. Republicans must keep it that way!\u201d
The measure next goes to the Senate.
Trump believes in the power of tariffs to force trading partners to the negotiating table. But US lawmakers are facing unrest from businesses caught in the trade wars and constituents navigating pocketbook issues and high prices.
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump\u2019s tariffs were \u201ccausing prices to skyrocket and creating unnecessary uncertainty for American families\u201d.
\u201cFor months, sycophantic Republicans in the House have tried to block us from acting on behalf of the American people,\u201d Jeffries said in a statement after the resolution was approved. \u201cToday, House Democrats forced a successful vote to detonate the Trump tariffs<\/a> on Canada.\u201d
The high-stakes moment provides a snapshot of the House\u2019s unease with the president\u2019s direction, especially ahead of the midterm elections as economic issues resonate among voters. The Senate has already voted to reject Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canada and other countries in a show of displeasure. But both chambers would have to approve the tariff rollbacks, and send the resolution to Trump for the president\u2019s signature \u2013 or veto.
Trump recently threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada over that country\u2019s proposed China trade deal, intensifying a feud with the longtime US ally and PM Mark Carney.
House speaker Mike Johnson tried to prevent the showdown.
Johnson insisted lawmakers wait for a pending supreme court ruling in a lawsuit about the tariffs. He engineered a complicated rules change to prevent floor action. But Johnson\u2019s strategy collapsed late on Tuesday, as Republicans peeled off during a procedural vote to ensure the Democratic measure was able to advance.
\u201cThe president\u2019s trade policies have been of great benefit,\u201d Johnson had said. \u201cAnd I think the sentiment is that we allow a little more runway for this to be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch.\u201d
Late Tuesday evening, Johnson could be seen speaking to holdout Republican lawmakers as the GOP leadership team struggled to shore up support during a lengthy procedural vote, but the numbers lined up against him.
\u201cWe\u2019re disappointed in what the people have done,\u201d Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House\u2019s national economic council, told reporters at the White House on Wednesday morning. \u201cThe president will make sure they don\u2019t repeal his tariffs.\u201d
The resolution put forward by Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House foreign affairs committee, would terminate the national emergency that Trump declared a year ago as one of his executive orders.
The administration claimed illicit drug flow from Canada constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat that allows the president to slap on tariffs on imported goods outside the terms of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
The Republican chair of the House foreign affairs committee, Brian Mast of Florida, said the drug flow of fentanyl into the US is a dire national emergency and the policy must be left in place.
\u201cLet\u2019s be clear again about what this resolution is and what it\u2019s not. It\u2019s not a debate about tariffs. You can talk about those, but that\u2019s not really what it is,\u201d Mast said. \u201cThis is Democrats trying to ignore that there is a fentanyl crisis.\u201d
Experts say fentanyl produced by cartels in Mexico is largely smuggled into the US from land crossings in California and Arizona. Fentanyl is also made in Canada and smuggled into the US, but to a much lesser extent.
Ahead of voting, some rank-and-file Republican lawmakers expressed unease over the choices ahead as Democrats \u2013 and a few renegade Republicans \u2013 impressed on their colleagues the need to flex their power as the legislative branch rather than ceding so much power to the president to take authority over trade and tariff policy.
Don Bacon of Nebraska said he was unpersuaded by Johnson\u2019s call to wait until the supreme court makes its decision about the legality of Trump\u2019s tariffs.
\u201cWhy doesn\u2019t the Congress stand on its own two feet and say that we\u2019re an independent branch?\u201d Bacon said. \u201cWe should defend our authorities. I hope the supreme court does, but if we don\u2019t do it, shame on us.\u201d
Bacon, who is retiring rather than facing re-election, also argued that tariffs are bad economic policy.
Other Republicans said they were still making up their minds after Johnson\u2019s gambit \u2013 which would have paused the calendar days to prevent the measure from coming forward \u2013 was turned back.
\u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019re going to have to support our president,\u201d said Keith Self of Texas.
Darrell Issa, a Califronia Republican, said he did not want to tie the president\u2019s hands on trade and is ready to support the tariffs on Canada \u201cat this time\u201d.<\/p>\n

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