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House Rejects GOP Effort to Ban Challenges to Trump’s Tariffs

Democrats hope to force a House vote as early as Feb. 11 to terminate Trump’s use of a national emergency to put punitive trade measures on Canadian goods.
House Rejects GOP Effort to Ban Challenges to Trump’s Tariffs
The U.S. Capitol viewed from the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial park in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 9, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Kimberly Hayek
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 10 narrowly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have barred challenges to President Donald Trump’s tariffs until July.

The ban, part of a broader procedural measure intended to open debate on three unrelated bills, failed in a 217–214 vote. House Republicans first adopted a rule barring tariff challenges in March 2025 and later extended it through January.

Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.