McConnell Angers Dems With Announcement About When Senate Will Take Up USMCA

After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that she finally reached a deal with the White House over the United States—Mexico—Canada Trade Agreement, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would wait until after the impeachment trail against President Trump is over before bringing the bill up for a vote.

"We will not be doing USMCA in the Senate between now and next week," McConnell said at a news conference on Capitol Hill. "That will happen... right after the [impeachment] trial is finished in the Senate."

Democrats were livid that, after they delayed the vote for a year, McConnell would delay the vote...by a few days.

"McConnell has no excuse not to bring up the USMCA," said Henry Connelly, spokesman for Pelosi.

“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we have reached an historic agreement on the USMCA," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement. "After working with Republicans, Democrats, and many other stakeholders for the past two years we have created a deal that will benefit American workers, farmers, and ranchers for years to come. This will be the model for American trade deals going forward.”