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Tariff Vote in House Sets Political Battle Lines Over the Levies
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3:17Now PlayingMonica Guerra, Executive Director and Head of US Policy at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, reacts to the House vote to end the Trump administration's tariffs on Canada.
A rare rebuke of President Donald Trump from the House Wednesday shows that his tariffs are weighing on some Republicans.
But the relatively small defection from the GOP also suggests that getting on Trump’s bad side worries most Republicans even more.
The result sets up political battle lines over one of Trump’s signature policies as cost-of-living concerns dominate voters’ thoughts. While tariffs have been a significant subject of debate, House Republicans, until Wednesday, had not had to formally vote on them.
Six Republicans joined with all-but-one House Democrat on a vote to rein in Trump’s power to impose tariffs on Canada. It was a highly unusual show of independence from a body that has acted almost entirely subservient to the president.
Trump made the stakes clear by issuing a pointed threat on social media just as the vote concluded, saying any Republican who votes against tariffs “will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time.”
Democrats applauded on the House floor after a rare victory. But they also noted that nearly every House Republican — more than 200 of them — stood behind the tariffs. They vowed to keep forcing votes on the levies. Immediately after the vote Wednesday Democratic challengers in competitive races attacked Republicans who backed Trump, blaming the tariffs for causing higher prices and economic uncertainty.
Republicans “own the consequences” of Trump’s tariffs, said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), the fourth-ranking House Democrat.
Most of the GOP is “choosing blind allegiance” to the president “over the people that they are supposed to represent,” said Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.).
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