House Votes to Overturn Trump's Canada Tariffs in Rare Bipartisan Rebuke — But the President Holds the Veto Pen
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-211 on Wednesday to rescind President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, marking one of the most significant bipartisan challenges to the president's signature trade policy since he returned to office. Six House Republicans broke ranks with their party to join nearly every Democrat in passing a resolution that would terminate the national emergency Trump declared to justify the levies — a move that drew an immediate and pointed threat from the president himself. The vote, while largely symbolic given the near-certainty of a presidential veto, sent an unmistakable signal: cracks are forming within the GOP over tariffs as the 2026 midterm elections approach and American consumers continue to bear the brunt of higher import costs. "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 posted on Truth Social as the vote was being tallied. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, now heads to the Senate, which voted twice last year to block Trump's tariffs on Canada. But even if both chambers approve the measure, they would lack the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto — leaving the tariffs firmly in place while a parallel Supreme Court challenge looms over the president's unilateral trade authority.