The Worse thing for the President?
Six of his own party members joined the Democfrats in voting against his efforts to beat up America’s Northern neighbour …
Trump probably would veto any action by Congress against his actions, and the numbers do NOT seem to indicate his veto could be overridden…
We ARE astill waiting for the Supreme’s to hand down a call pon Trump’s actions….
NOT what Trump is looking for as support for his tariff/import tax campaign against friendly countries?
The House voted on Wednesday to rescind tariffs that President Trump imposed on Canada last year, delivering a largely symbolic but politically consequential rebuke that Republicans had fought for a year to prevent.
In a 219-to-211 vote, six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in backing the resolution sponsored by Representative Gregory W. Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. While the Senate has moved to cancel the president’s tariffs in recent months, the vote was the House’s first opportunity to formally register a position on Mr. Trump’s trade policy since he returned to the White House and began deploying tariffs as an economic strategy.
Despite succeeding in the House, the measure is unlikely to have any practical effect given that Mr. Trump would almost certainly veto it. Still, its movement through the House reflects frustration among some G.O.P. lawmakers about Congress continuing to cede its authority over trade matters to the White House, and concern that voters are being hurt by the levies.
“There is not a national emergency,” Mr. Meeks declared from the House floor while urging his colleagues to support the resolution. He and other Democrats argued that Mr. Trump’s signature economic policy was “not a strategy” but an “impulse.”…
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For decades, Republicans opposed tariffs and promoted free trade and open markets. But under Mr. Trump, they have largely acquiesced to his protectionist policies.
Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Kevin Kiley of California, Jeff Hurd of Colorado, Dan Newhouse of Washington and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania were the Republicans who broke ranks to support the resolution’s passage.
Representative Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to vote against the resolution.
As the vote was unfolding and Republicans neared defeat, Mr. Trump took to social media to threaten those who objected to his authority.
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