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House votes to override Trump’s Canada tariffs
The House voted 219-211 to symbolically end tariffs imposed under a national emergency declared by Trump, with six Republicans joining Democrats in opposition to the duties.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-211 to terminate President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans joining Democrats to rescind the emergency declaration.
- The emergency declaration last year used IEEPA to justify the imposition of 35 per cent tariffs, argued by the administration due to illicit drug flow from Canada.
- A failed procedural gambit by Republican leaders enabled Democrats to advance the measure after three Republicans joined Democrats late Tuesday to stop a procedural rule extension.
- The resolution now heads to the Senate, but both chambers must approve and send it to President Trump, who is likely to veto, making rollback uncertain.
- Amid midterm politics, lawmakers cited business unrest and pocketbook concerns, while President Trump warned GOP defectors of retribution; Mast said, `Democrats don't recognize that there is a crisis that it is killing thousands of Americans.
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House votes to challenge Trump’s Canada tariffs in rare bipartisan rebuke
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the objections of GOP leadership.
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