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McCarthy: USMCA must be passed by Thanksgiving or it won’t get done

September 19, 2019 at 12:40 PM
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Thursday that Congress must pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by Thanksgiving or the deal won’t be ratified at all, putting the onus solely on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to bring an implementing bill to the House floor. “If it came to the floor it would pass,” McCarthy told Fox Business News on Thursday. “[Pelosi] has all the power to bring the bill up.” The Trump administration has not yet submitted an implementing...


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