House GOP moves to turn off ability to force vote on rescinding Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

House Republicans are moving to turn off Democrats’ ability to force a vote on rescinding the sweeping global tariffs imposed by President Trump as part of his “Liberation Day” announcement.

Language tucked into procedural rule legislation setting up debate on an unrelated matter — the budget resolution blueprint for Trump’s legislative agenda — removes the ability for Democrats or rebellious Republicans to circumvent GOP leadership using an expedited process to rescind the tariffs until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. A vote on the rule is set for Wednesday afternoon.

It does not, however, prevent GOP leadership from deciding to bring up the legislation, or turn off other paths to force a vote on the matter like a discharge petition.

Still, the move represents another case of leaders stifling the tools of the minority and deferring to Trump. Republicans made the same move last month, blocking Democrats’ ability to force a vote on repealing the tariffs put in place earlier in the year on Canada, Mexico and China until the end of the year.

The move comes a day after group of House Democrats — led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.), and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) — introduced a privileged resolution to end the national emergency that Trump declared on April 2 that is the foundation of his authority to implement the tariffs.