A handful of House Republicans extracted concessions from House GOP leaders on tariff policy after rebelling on a procedural vote Tuesday.
GOP leaders agreed to roll back the length of a prohibition on votes that could end President Trump’s tariffs by two months, and agreed to create an informal tariff working group, according to two members who negotiated the deal.
That deal was stuck in a dramatic scene on the House floor as six GOP members voted against a procedural rule. Rules tee up the terms for considering major legislation and are nearly always uniformly opposed by the minority and approved by the majority.
But on Tuesday Reps. Don Bacon (Neb.) Jay Obernolte (Calif.), Kevin Kiley (Calif.), Tom McClintock (Calif.) Thomas Massie (Ky.), and Victoria Spartz (Ind.) joined with all De