Democrats moved Tuesday to force a House vote on President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs — putting Speaker Mike Johnson in a tough spot as the economic ramifications of the move continue to mount.
“Republicans can’t keep ducking the vote on these taxes,” said Democratic Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York, Richard Neal of Massachusetts and Rick Larsen of Washington, introducing a disapproval resolution. “It is time they take a vote and show their constituents whether or not they support the ‘economic pain’ President Trump is inflicting on American families.”
The measure would terminate the emergency authorities cited by Trump in implementing the broad tariffs that have rattled markets in recent days and sparked recession fears. The Senate last week approved a similar measure targeting an earlier emergency declaration used to justify levies on Canada.
Democrats largely united against Trump’s trade moves to hammer Republicans for potential price hikes, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dubbing them “the largest tax increase on the American people since 1968.”
