Washington — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal President Trump’s tariffs on Canada after six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in rebuking one pillar of the president’s trade agenda.

The democratic measure to abolish the levy was adopted by 219 to 211 votes.

However, the resolution’s passage is largely symbolic, as the president could veto it if approved by the Senate, and it did not pass in the House of Representatives with a non-veto majority. Upper chamber voted twice last year to prevent Mr. Trump from imposing tariffs on Canada, with four Republicans joining Democrats to approve the measures.

Its passage comes after Republican Reps. Kevin Kiley of California, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Don Bacon of Nebraska voted with Democrats on Tuesday submerge the procedural vote that would prevent lawmakers from repealing the president’s sweeping tariffs until July. House Republican leaders have blocked lawmakers for months from forcing a vote on Mr. Trump’s tariff powers, but a ban on challenging the tariffs expired in January.

Republican Reps. Dan Newhouse of Washington, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Jeff Hurd of Colorado, Kiley, Massie and Bacon split with the president on Wednesday’s vote on an issue that could have political ramifications in November’s midterm elections. Poll after poll has shown that Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of comprehensive tariffs.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, could only afford one defect with his paper-thin majority.

“This is life with a small majority,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday night.

Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to oppose the measure.

Moments before the vote ended, Mr. Trump urged Republicans to stick with him on tariffs, warning that any legislator who votes against his tariff policy will “severely suffer the consequences at election time, and that includes primaries!”

“TARIFFS have given us economic and national security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege,” he said in a post on Truth Social.

Mr Trump’s warning contradicted comments Johnson made to reporters minutes before the vote. Asked whether Mr Trump would be angered by Republicans who voted against the tariffs, Johnson said he had just come from an event at the White House and that Mr Trump was “not upset”.

“He understands what’s going on. It’s not going to affect or change his policy. He can veto those things if they come to him,” Johnson said.

The measureintroduced by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, would lift the national emergency that Mr. Trump declared last year to justify tariffs on Canada. Mr. Trump has accused Canada of not dealing with illegal migration and drug trafficking. Since then, Mr. Trump has continued to threaten additional tariffs against Canada as relations between the two allies sour.

The president has also threatened or imposed higher tariffs on dozens of other countries to address what he sees as unfair trade practices. Democrats may soon be able to force votes challenging tariffs on other countries.

The Supreme Court is in November seemed skeptical Mr. Trump’s authority to impose tariffs unilaterally and his decision in the dispute could come any day.

Johnson argued that Congress should not intervene in the process or challenge Mr. Trump’s economic strategy.

“Tariffs have been a tool that the president has used very effectively to level the playing field and put America back on top, and I don’t think it’s right for Congress to interfere with that. Also, remember, this is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court,” Johnson said in interview Wednesday on Fox Business. “So I just think we need to pause this in Congress and not get in the way of the president and what he’s trying to accomplish.”

During Wednesday’s debate, Democrats argued that Mr. Trump’s trade war has been disastrous for Americans and questioned why Republicans have ceded congressional power to the White House.

“Will you vote to lower the cost of living for American families, or will you keep prices high out of loyalty to one person, Donald J. Trump?” Meeks asked.

Republicans have accused Democrats of downplaying the fentanyl crisis and argued that the tariffs are an effective strategy to force countries to act in favor of American priorities.

“Democrats are trying to ignore that there is a fentanyl crisis,” said Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida. “Tariffs are getting more attention than strongly worded letters, and millions of American lives have been saved because President Trump has declared this national emergency and is actively forcing our neighbors, like Canada, to act.”