McConnell: Senate Won’t Vote on USMCA Until After Trial – By Todd Beamon (Newsmax) / Dec 10 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday the chamber would not consider the USMCA trade deal with Canada and Mexico until after any impeachment trial of President Donald Trump next year.
“That will have to come up, in all likelihood, after the trial is finished in the Senate,” McConnell told reporters at the Capitol.
House Democrats announced they had reached an agreement on the NAFTA overhaul shortly after disclosing the articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — against President Trump.
Congress is to adjourn for the year Dec. 20, The Washington Examiner reports.
“We will not be doing USMCA in the Senate between now and next week,” McConnell said.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will brief senators on the trade accord in the coming weeks.
“From my perspective, it’s not as good as I had hoped,” McConnell told reporters regarding the USMCA. “We’ll have to look at the whole package. We’ll have to look at the details.”
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