{"id":18863,"date":"2026-02-11T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/capitol-agenda-house-set-to-rebuke-trumps-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:17:46","slug":"capitol-agenda-house-set-to-rebuke-trumps-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/capitol-agenda-house-set-to-rebuke-trumps-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol agenda: House set to rebuke Trump\u2019s tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The House is set to rebuke Donald Trump\u2019s signature economic policy Wednesday following Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s failure late last night<\/a> to contain GOP unrest over the administration\u2019s trade war.<\/p>\n

The chamber will vote on a resolution offered by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) to overturn the president\u2019s Canadian tariffs. It comes after GOP Reps. Kevin Kiley of California, Don Bacon of Nebraska and Thomas Massie of Kentucky sided with Democrats to tank a procedural rule, which contained a provision GOP leaders have relied upon for months to prevent members from voting to undermine Trump\u2019s trade agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that the House should be limiting the authority of members and enlarging the power of leadership at the expense of our members,\u201d Kiley told Blue Light News.<\/p>\n

Now the House will vote Wednesday afternoon on the Meeks resolution. And thanks to a combination of Johnson\u2019s razor-thin majority, Democratic unity and expected Republican defections, that measure is expected to be approved \u2014 it\u2019s only a question of, by how much.<\/p>\n

Besides Kiley, Bacon and Massie, keep an eye on Republican Reps. Dan Newhouse (Wash.) and Zach Nunn (Iowa), who held out on voting for the rule Tuesday night before eventually folding. Newhouse in particular was subject to a full-court press on the House floor from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Reps. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) have also been uneasy about the tariffs.<\/p>\n

No longer held back, Democrats can and likely will continue to force votes on other resolutions to overturn Trump\u2019s tariffs on goods from Mexico and Brazil, following the example of senators who have successfully voted across party lines to curb the administration\u2019s trade activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want to show is that really this should be a bipartisan issue,\u201d Meeks told reporters Tuesday. \u201cThe American people are watching to see what we do in this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

What else we\u2019re watching:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 DHS negotiations: <\/b>Senate Majority Leader John Thune took the first procedural step Tuesday toward allowing the Senate to vote on another DHS funding punt. But Democratic support will be necessary to get a continuing resolution for the agency over the finish line. A DHS shutdown at the end of the week is near certain, with no deal in sight.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Schumer seeks Venezuela probe: <\/b>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) are rolling out legislation Wednesday<\/a> that would direct the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Trump administration\u2019s handling of proceedings from Venezuelan oil sales. Their bill, shared first with Blue Light News, would require GAO to launch the audit within 30 days and report its findings to Congress within 90 days of completion.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bondi in the hot seat: <\/b>Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before the House Judiciary Committee<\/a> Wednesday as the Department of Justice faces scrutiny over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, prosecution of former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and response to the fatal shootings by federal agents of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Calen Razor, James Bikales and Hailey Fuchs contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House is set to rebuke Donald Trump\u2019s signature economic policy Wednesday following Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s failure late last night to contain GOP unrest over the administration\u2019s trade war. The chamber will vote on a resolution offered by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) to overturn the president\u2019s Canadian tariffs. It comes after GOP Reps. Kevin […]<\/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-18863","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\/18863","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=18863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}