The Senate Finance Committee is setting the stage for action on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in the chamber. The panel will hold its mock markup today.
“This markup will move us closer to ratifying USMCA in early 2020,” Grassley said when the markup was announced in December. “Farmers, manufacturers and all American workers will soon be able to benefit from a stronger and modernized trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.”
Timing of a vote in the full Senate, however, may now come sooner than previously expected. The House has so far delayed sending its articles of impeachment to the Senate, delaying when the trial in the Senate can begin.
In December, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that the USMCA action in the upper chamber would await completion of the impeachment process. But as the delay continues relative to impeachment continues, it ups the odds that the full Senate could act on USMCA before the impeachment trial.
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