Republican leaders in the House are moving to short-circuit an attempt to force a vote on President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs, repeating a maneuver they used earlier this year to block attempts to overturn narrower levies targeting Canada.
A measure approved on a party-line vote by the Rules Committee on Wednesday morning would allow Speaker Mike Johnson to bottle up a Democratic resolution to cancel the national emergency Trump declared to underpin the sweeping new tariffs. Under the National Emergencies Act, disapproval measures can be fast-tracked for a floor vote after as few as 15 days.
The Rules Committee move upends that timeline, giving GOP leaders the ability to keep it off the floor until at least September. The measure was set for a floor vote Wednesday afternoon.
Democrats bristled at the move and attempted to strip it out in the Rules panel Wednesday. Their amendment failed on a party-line vote.
