House Votes To Disapprove Of Trump's Canada Tariffs

The House on Wednesday voted to block President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans joining the Democrats in the symbolic rebuke.

The resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to raise tariffs on Canada, was approved 219-211. Republican Reps. Kevin Kiley of California, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Jeff Hurd of Colorado and Dan Newhouse of Washington voted against the tariffs. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to vote against the measure.

Trump threatened those in his party who voted against his tariffs in a Truth Social post moments before the vote was finalized.

"Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!" Trump wrote. "TARIFFS have given us Great National Security because the mere mention of the word has Countries agreeing to our strongest wishes. TARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege."

The resolution now goes to the Senate, where it could pass — the upper chamber has already approved two similar resolutions on Trump’s Canada tariffs with the support of four Republicans. But the president would certainly veto it, and Congress is unlikely to muster the two-thirds majority in both chambers needed to overturn a veto.

Even so, House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to block the vote from happening at all, fearing the political fallout for his GOP members. Trump’s tariffs have proven politically unpopular over the past year — a POLITICO poll even found that self-identified MAGA Republicans are split on them — and Democrats have overperformed in off-year and special election campaigns that have focused on affordability.

Republican leadership urged members to wait to weigh in on tariffs until the Supreme Court determines whether Trump overstepped his authority by implementing the tariffs, a ruling that could come as soon as next week.

But Johnson’s bid to restart House Republicans’ nearly year-long blockade on tariff votes failed Tuesday, after a handful of Republican members joined Democrats in rejecting a procedural maneuver that would have established a moratorium on such votes until August.

Democrats, meanwhile, believe they now have a political cudgel to use on Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.

“In forcing this vote, not only are you having a few Republicans stand up to the president’s disastrous trade policies, you’re seeing that the cost of everything is getting out of hand and it’s hard to ignore,” said Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.).

Wednesday’s vote is just one of several Democrats plan to bring to the floor.

“I never met a Republican in this town that was for tariffs, all the way back to Reagan,” said Rep. Richard Neal (D-Ma.). “And now every day there’s a new tariff. And I think what we intend to do here is, we’ll start with Canada, work our way over to Mexico and keep going across the board.”

Mia McCarthy contributed reporting