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The Daily Punch

House blows open gates on tariff war

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The House is now going to have open season on Trump’s tariffs, while the Senate is barreling toward Friday’s funding deadline for DHS. Anna and Jake break down the latest. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Learn more at chevron.com slash America. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:44.4

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Wednesday, February 11th, 2026.

0:49.4

Let's get in the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, welcome to open season on Trump's

0:54.6

tariffs. Number two, the latest on DHS funding. And number three, Dems are furious over the Department

0:59.9

of Justice's failed indictment effort. All right, Jake, let's get to it. We are leading Punchable

1:04.2

News AM with a look at how not only was this a big loss for Speaker Mike Johnson, but also President Donald Trump

1:12.8

with three Republicans going against the grain here. And now there's going to be an ability

1:18.1

for members of Congress to bring up policies and bills as it relates to Trump's tariffs.

1:24.5

Yeah. Well, let me preface it with this. I'm very tired, Anna. I am extraordinarily tired.

1:29.1

This was a late night in the house last night. Let's just start from the top. I'm going to bring the energy for you. Just, you know, when you need to tee off, let me know. I'll pick it back up for you. Coffee is a man's best friend this morning. Okay. Let's start by saying this. The House had a vote on a rule, a typical rule, to allow bills to the floor like they do almost every week. But in that rule was a provision that the White House insisted upon, which would block privileged resolutions to disapprove of Trump's tariff regime. They've done this before, and a bunch of members have said to the leadership,

2:01.3

we're done with this. We're not going to vote for this again because we disagree with the president's

2:06.2

tariff regime. And the leadership kind of gave a signal that after the last time they did this,

2:11.1

and that resolution, that that blockade of tariff resolutions ended in January, that that they

2:17.0

wouldn't do this again.

2:18.0

And they did it again.

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