House Rejects Tariff Restrictions

This week, the House of Representatives rejected an attempt to block votes that would end the national emergency underpinning President Donald Trump's tariffs, opening the controversial policy up for challenges for the first time in nearly a year.

The Republican-controlled chamber had preemptively muzzled opposition to the administration’s trade policy since last March. The latest prohibition expired at the end of January, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) attempted to renew it through July as part of a procedural vote Tuesday night.

But three House Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (Kentucky), Don Bacon (Nebraska) and Kevin Kiley (California) — voted with all of the chamber’s Democrats to block the move.

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