The US House of Representatives is poised to vote on a resolution against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods on Wednesday, and there is evidence that enough Republicans have grown weary of the trade war for the vote to pass.

The resolution from Tail. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from New York, strives end the national emergency that Trump invoked in February 2025 to reinforce his tariffs on a range of Canadian imports.

Trump’s urgent declaration — that Canada’s “failure” to address cross-border drug trafficking has created an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security — supports the 35 percent tariffs currently imposed on a range of Canadian products that do not qualify for exemptions under the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

Congress has the power to review presidential emergency declarations.

Even if the resolution succeeds in the House of Representatives and passes the Senate for approval, Trump retains veto power. However, losing the tariff vote in the House of Representatives would be a politically symbolic blow to the president, who has made tariffs a cornerstone of economic policy in his second term.

Although it is The resolution has been in the works since March of last year, and on Wednesday the House of Representatives will have the opportunity to vote on it for the first time, since the Republican leadership has repeatedly blocked it.

The blockade finally collapsed on Tuesday.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to stall the vote with a procedural move that would have allowed him to bar debate on any tariffs imposed by the president’s emergency declarations until the end of July.

Three Republicans sided with all Democratic lawmakers in the closely divided House of Representatives to pass the rule 217-214, clearing the way for Wednesday’s vote on tariffs against Canada.

It imposes a ‘significant tax,’ says the Nebraska Republican

“Congress needs to be able to debate tariffs,” Don Bacon of Nebraska, one of the Republicans who rebelled against the party leadership, said in posting on social networks.

“Tariffs are a ‘net negative’ ‌for the economy and are a significant tax paid by American consumers, manufacturers and farmers.”

A similar Democratic-led effort to pass an anti-tariff resolution succeeded in the Senate last yearwhen a handful of Republican senators defied Trump with their votes. But the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives rejected it.

All tariffs imposed by Trump based on national emergencies are hanging in the balance threatened by the decision of the Supreme Court. Supreme Federal Court heard the case in early November, and the decision could come as early as February 20, the next date set by the judges to announce their decisions.