On October 7, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump (Republican) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.
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The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on a resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a move that could be a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and a rebuke of the president’s signature economic policies.
The tariff resolution, introduced by Representative Gregory Meeks of New York, will be considered a day after a procedural vote on a rule barring House challenges to President Trump’s tariffs was defeated by three Republicans.
“The Speaker continues to abdicate his responsibilities and cede his Article I powers to Donald Trump,” Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement posted to X on Tuesday. “Republicans now face a clear choice: They can work with Democrats on the record to eliminate these costly tariffs, or they can continue to force American families to pay them.”
A vote on President Trump’s tariffs would force House Republicans to choose between loyalty to the president and ending economic policies that many in the Republican conference don’t like.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), and Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) stood up to President Trump and Republican leadership on Tuesday by voting with all Democrats to override a rule that would block a House vote on President Trump’s tariffs until July 31.
“I don’t like to suspend the House’s important work, but Congress needs to be able to debate tariffs. Tariffs are a ‘net negative’ to the economy and a significant tax paid by American consumers, manufacturers, and farmers,” Bacon posted on X after Tuesday’s vote.
The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is so thin that if all Democrats attend and vote in favor of Trump’s bill to repeal tariffs on Canada, Johnson would only lose one Republican vote.
Still, the effort is likely to be symbolic. Even if the Senate approves Meeks’ resolution, Trump will likely veto the bill.
“This is life with a razor-thin majority,” Johnson said on a Fox Business appearance Wednesday morning. “I think this is a big mistake. I don’t think we need to go down this path of trying to limit the president’s power when he’s negotiating America-first trade deals with countries around the world.”
