House GOP Pushes to Extend Tariff Repeal Vote Ban

House Republican leaders are pushing to extend a procedural ban on votes to repeal President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from several trading partners, with a key vote scheduled for Tuesday that could test the party's fragile unity. The effort comes as Democrats prepare to force a chamber-wide vote as early as Wednesday on ending tariffs targeting Canada, amid growing Republican unease over the policy's economic fallout ahead of midterm elections.

The House Rules Committee advanced the measure on Monday night, embedding language in a procedural resolution that would block such tariff challenges until the end of July. This would delay action on Democratic resolutions aimed at overturning duties imposed on goods from Canada, Mexico, China, Brazil and other nations. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, expressed confidence in securing passage, telling reporters he anticipated the votes to succeed. He cited an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Trump's use of national emergency powers to enact the tariffs as a reason to postpone debates, noting the need to allow the legal process to unfold.

Trump declared national emergencies last year to justify...