Advertisement

Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Thursday, February 12, 2026

A group of House Republicans defied leadership on Tuesday to sink a key procedural vote that would have barred lawmakers from overturning President Trump's sweeping global tariffs.

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

The House votes to slap back President Trump's tariffs on Canada in a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House agenda.

[image or embed]

-- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Feb 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

More from the article ...

... Three Republicans joined all Democrats to defeat the effort, after GOP leaders delayed the vote by seven hours as they and the White House tried to sway holdouts.

In a party-line vote on Monday, the House Rules Committee approved language that would prevent members from bringing up resolutions to challenge Mr. Trump's tariffs through July 31. ...

The Senate voted twice last year to block Mr. Trump from imposing tariffs on Canada, with four Republicans voting with Democrats.

But the votes carry little weight beyond offering a rare rebuke of the president by Republicans as the president can veto any disapproval. Both chambers would need a two-thirds majority to overturn a presidential veto, which is unlikely. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 08:20 PM | Reply

"vote that would have barred lawmakers from overturning President Trump"

^
It shouldn't be legal for Congress to cede their enumerated powers to other branches of government.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-11 10:02 PM | Reply

@#2 ... It shouldn't be legal for Congress to cede their enumerated powers to other branches of government. ...

Agreed.

Yet, Pres Trump seems to be of a differing opinion.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-12 12:37 AM | Reply

Makes a nice headline but even if it passes the senate Trump will never be sign it into law.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2026-02-12 01:14 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort