Ways & Means Democrats: NAFTA vote likely won’t happen until February

Following a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, several Democrats on the House Ways & Means Committee said the earliest Congress was likely to vote on a NAFTA-like deal is February or March. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) told reporters on Thursday that Lighthizer, “in response to my question,” said that “probably the soonest that we could vote on this agreement, even if it’s just a bilateral with Mexico, is next February or March.” Lawmakers also expressed frustration over what...