Six Republicans joined with Democrats in the vote to effectively repeal the president’s tariffs on Canada, the culmination of months of consternation in the GOP over the president’s trade war that has quietly rattled even some of his staunchest loyalists in Congress. Hurd told CNN that farmers and steel manufacturers in his district have been impacted by the tariffs, and “at the end of the day, I looked at the Constitution, I looked at what was in the best interest of my district, and I took the vote. “I’m disappointed in the vote, but the president has veto power, and there’s not a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override the veto, so it’s not going to change the policy in the end anyway,” he told reporters.
Author: Sarah Ferris, Veronica Stracqualursi
Published at: 2026-02-11 23:27:04
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