Trump Canada tariffs face House vote after Republican revolt
President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Marine One for Florida from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on February 6, 2026.
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Voting will be held in the Parliament on Wednesday a solution Not approving President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada would mean a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and a rebuke of the president’s signature economic policy.
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y. The tariff resolution, filed by , will be considered a day after a procedural vote on a rule that would have blocked House objections to Trump’s tariffs failed with the support of three Republican members.
“The President continues to abdicate Congress’s responsibilities by ceding Article I authority to Donald Trump,” said Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Statement sent to X on Tuesday. “Republicans now face a clear choice: go on the record and join Democrats to end these cost-increasing tariffs, or continue to force American families to pay for them.”
A vote on Trump’s tariffs would force House Republicans to choose between loyalty to the president and cracking down on economic policy that many in the GOP conference dislike.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Kevin Kiley, R-Calif. and Don Bacon, R-Neb., defeated Trump and GOP leaders on Tuesday by voting with all Democrats to defeat a rule that would block House votes on Trump’s tariffs through July 31.
“I don’t like to pause the important work of the House, but Congress needs to be able to debate tariffs. Tariffs have been a ‘net negative’ for the economy and are a significant tax paid by American consumers, manufacturers and farmers.” Sent to Bacon X After the Tuesday vote.
With the GOP majority in the House so slim, Johnson can only afford to lose one Republican vote if all Democrats are present and vote in favor of Trump’s resolution to end the Canadian tariff.
This effort is probably symbolic, though. Even if the Senate approves Meeks’ decision, Trump is likely to veto the legislation.
“This is life with a very slim majority,” Johnson said Wednesday morning. Appearing on Fox Business. “I think this is a big mistake. While the president is in the middle of negotiating America’s first trade agreements with countries around the world, I don’t think we need to go down the path of limiting his power.”
