THE LATEST | CANADACNBC: The House on Wednesday passed a resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada, a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and a rare Republican rebuke of the president’s signature economic policy.
The resolution cleared the House 219-211, with several Republicans crossing the aisle to support it. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, voted against the measure…
CBC: Just as the vote was closing, Trump lashed out at the rebel Republicans in a social media post.
“Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” Trump wrote…
Bloomberg: Trump has threatened to veto similar measures, making it unlikely the legislation will ever become law. But defections from six Republicans, alongside opposition from nearly all Democrats, underscore Trump’s increasingly tenuous hold on the narrow House majority.
The vote represents an increase in political pressure to change course just months before the elections, including by forcing swing-district Republicans affected by the tariffs to weigh when or if to cross the president by voting against his agenda…