House votes to repeal Trump’s Canada tariffs
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
A bipartisan measure repealing President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada passed the House on Wednesday, a significant step by Congress to rebuke a key part of the commander in chief’s economic agenda.
In a 219-211 vote, the House moved to end the national emergency Trump declared on America’s northern neighbor last year. The emergency declaration allowed the president to impose tariffs on Canadian goods and imports. Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to back the measure. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), voted against repealing the emergency.
The vote comes after the House failed to re-up a ban on legislation to repeal the president’s tariffs from coming to the House floor for a vote. GOP leadership attempted to extend the ban through a party-line vote on Tuesday night, but that failed after three Republicans joined Democrats to defeat it.
In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, Trump threatened that any Republicans who voted against tariffs would “seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!”
The president declared a national emergency in February 2025 and imposed a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% additional tariff on China.
The president increased tariffs on select Canadian goods from 25% to 35% in July 2025, citing a public health crisis due to the flow of fentanyl across the northern border. In October of that year, Trump announced he would further increase the tariff rate on Canada after one of its provinces, Ontario, launched an anti-tariff commercial invoking former President Ronald Reagan.
Democrats had filed a resolution to repeal the tariffs under the emergency shortly after they went into effect, but GOP leaders successfully blocked it. But with the ban having expired at the end of January, Democrats can now bring their bill up for a vote.
The Senate voted on a separate bill to repeal Canada’s tariffs in October. Given the difference in the bills, the upper chamber would need to take up and pass Wednesday’s legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), to send it to Trump’s desk. Trump would likely veto any legislation to repeal tariffs.
But House Democrats are prepared to force several votes in the coming days and weeks to end tariffs against countries such as Mexico and Brazil. They also want to end Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, which imposed a 10% across-the-board tariff on all trading partners. Those tariffs did …
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
A bipartisan measure repealing President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada passed the House on Wednesday, a significant step by Congress to rebuke a key part of the commander in chief’s economic agenda.
In a 219-211 vote, the House moved to end the national emergency Trump declared on America’s northern neighbor last year. The emergency declaration allowed the president to impose tariffs on Canadian goods and imports. Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to back the measure. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), voted against repealing the emergency.
The vote comes after the House failed to re-up a ban on legislation to repeal the president’s tariffs from coming to the House floor for a vote. GOP leadership attempted to extend the ban through a party-line vote on Tuesday night, but that failed after three Republicans joined Democrats to defeat it.
In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, Trump threatened that any Republicans who voted against tariffs would “seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!”
The president declared a national emergency in February 2025 and imposed a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% additional tariff on China.
The president increased tariffs on select Canadian goods from 25% to 35% in July 2025, citing a public health crisis due to the flow of fentanyl across the northern border. In October of that year, Trump announced he would further increase the tariff rate on Canada after one of its provinces, Ontario, launched an anti-tariff commercial invoking former President Ronald Reagan.
Democrats had filed a resolution to repeal the tariffs under the emergency shortly after they went into effect, but GOP leaders successfully blocked it. But with the ban having expired at the end of January, Democrats can now bring their bill up for a vote.
The Senate voted on a separate bill to repeal Canada’s tariffs in October. Given the difference in the bills, the upper chamber would need to take up and pass Wednesday’s legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), to send it to Trump’s desk. Trump would likely veto any legislation to repeal tariffs.
But House Democrats are prepared to force several votes in the coming days and weeks to end tariffs against countries such as Mexico and Brazil. They also want to end Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, which imposed a 10% across-the-board tariff on all trading partners. Those tariffs did …
House votes to repeal Trump’s Canada tariffs
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
A bipartisan measure repealing President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada passed the House on Wednesday, a significant step by Congress to rebuke a key part of the commander in chief’s economic agenda.
In a 219-211 vote, the House moved to end the national emergency Trump declared on America’s northern neighbor last year. The emergency declaration allowed the president to impose tariffs on Canadian goods and imports. Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to back the measure. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), voted against repealing the emergency.
The vote comes after the House failed to re-up a ban on legislation to repeal the president’s tariffs from coming to the House floor for a vote. GOP leadership attempted to extend the ban through a party-line vote on Tuesday night, but that failed after three Republicans joined Democrats to defeat it.
In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, Trump threatened that any Republicans who voted against tariffs would “seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!”
The president declared a national emergency in February 2025 and imposed a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% additional tariff on China.
The president increased tariffs on select Canadian goods from 25% to 35% in July 2025, citing a public health crisis due to the flow of fentanyl across the northern border. In October of that year, Trump announced he would further increase the tariff rate on Canada after one of its provinces, Ontario, launched an anti-tariff commercial invoking former President Ronald Reagan.
Democrats had filed a resolution to repeal the tariffs under the emergency shortly after they went into effect, but GOP leaders successfully blocked it. But with the ban having expired at the end of January, Democrats can now bring their bill up for a vote.
The Senate voted on a separate bill to repeal Canada’s tariffs in October. Given the difference in the bills, the upper chamber would need to take up and pass Wednesday’s legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), to send it to Trump’s desk. Trump would likely veto any legislation to repeal tariffs.
But House Democrats are prepared to force several votes in the coming days and weeks to end tariffs against countries such as Mexico and Brazil. They also want to end Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, which imposed a 10% across-the-board tariff on all trading partners. Those tariffs did …
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