House Republicans Move to Keep Putting Off Vote on Trump Tariffs

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(Bloomberg) -- House Republicans on Monday advanced a procedural motion to block a vote on President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, potentially delaying a politically uncomfortable vote on his most prominent economic policy until at least July.

The motion will be voted on by the chamber this week. Republicans have a razor-thin majority, so even a few defections could wreck the chances of extending the block, which started last March as the president began a trade clash with Canada.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he expected the rule would be approved. “I think we’ll have the votes to delay that, for a bit longer, the Supreme Court will be issuing an opinion soon, and I think we need to allow time for the legal process to play out, so that’s our position,” he told reporters.

The high court’s justices have yet to rule on whether the president exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping global tariffs, citing an emergency law. “It’s cowardly,” Representative James McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, said of the procedural motion. “They’re screwing over their own constituents. Prices are going up. I mean, if we had a vote on this tomorrow, they would vote to overturn the tariffs.”

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