Congress

Eric Boehm | 2.11.2026 7:25 PM

A small faction of Republicans broke ranks and voted Wednesday night to terminate President Donald Trump's "emergency" tariffs on many imports from Canada.

The 219–211 vote in the House is the first significant rebuke of Trump's tariff policies (and the emergency powers Trump has claimed to impose them) to emerge from the lower chamber of Congress. It may not be the last, as Democrats have threatened to put forward several resolutions to block various tariffs imposed, now that a procedural block on those votes has been lifted.

"I know tariffs are a tax on American consumers. I know some disagree. But this debate and vote should occur in the House," Rep. Don Bacon, one of the Republicans who supported the resolution on Wednesday night,........

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