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House overwhelmingly approves USMCA, sending bill to Senate

December 19, 2019 at 4:31 PM
The House on Thursday passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s implementing bill 385-41, setting up the Trump administration's signature trade deal for Senate consideration – and ratification – in 2020. The agreement, approved just a day after President Trump was impeached, is the first to move through the House since he took office in 2017, and is likely to be touted by the president and his backers as a major accomplishment during the presidential campaign. The bill won the approval of 193...


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