{"id":18827,"date":"2026-02-10T18:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/rule-vote-postponed-amid-tariff-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:16:44","slug":"rule-vote-postponed-amid-tariff-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/rule-vote-postponed-amid-tariff-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule vote postponed amid tariff backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House leaders are postponing their latest effort to block votes on President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs until 8:30 p.m. amid internal GOP backlash.<\/p>\n

House Republican leaders are attempting to use a procedural measure to block any resolutions related to Trump\u2019s tariffs until the end of July, restarting a moratorium on such votes that expired on January 31. But they face significant internal opposition<\/a> from a band of tariff-skeptical Republicans, led by Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Rep. Kevin Kiley of California.<\/p>\n

Several Republican lawmakers have expressed discomfort with a tariff regime that polling shows is broadly unpopular<\/a>, even with parts of the GOP base, as Americans continue to grapple with high costs for everyday goods.<\/p>\n

House leaders have side-stepped the controversy since last March, when they first used a procedural measure to block efforts to force a vote on the national emergency Trump used to implement the tariffs. The move has guarded members from a controversial vote ahead of a crucial midterm election and has protected the president from clear vote of Congressional disapproval as his administration attempts to strike agreements with major trading partners.<\/p>\n

If Republicans fail to pass the new procedural block, Democrats are aiming to force a vote on Trump\u2019s 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods as early as Wednesday, with votes on the president\u2019s global tariffs and tariffs on Brazil and Mexico to follow.<\/p>\n

The Senate has already disapproved of the tariffs four times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House leaders are postponing their latest effort to block votes on President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs until 8:30 p.m. amid internal GOP backlash. House Republican leaders are attempting to use a procedural measure to block any resolutions related to Trump\u2019s tariffs until the end of July, restarting a moratorium on such votes that expired on January […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}