Posted on 12/20/2019 9:51:50 AM PST by BeauBo
The House on Thursday backed a new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in a 385-41 vote, giving President Trump a big bipartisan victory and sending the NAFTA replacement to the Senate for consideration early in 2020.
Democrats, who control the House, approved the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement, or USMCA, more than a year after President Trump secured the deal with our neighbors to the south and north.
Voting against the measure were 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent...
(President) Trump made tearing up NAFTA a hallmark of his presidential run in 2016 as he tried to win over working-class voters in states such as Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
“Critics said it couldn’t be done, but he made it happen. Another promise made, another promise kept,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)...
The International Trade Commission projected in April that the agreement would boost the US economy by $68 billion and add 176,000 jobs six years after taking effect.
Some of the biggest impacts would be felt in the US automotive industry, where workers earn an average of at least $16 an hour, and the commission found that it would create 30,000 jobs in American auto-parts plants.
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Posted yesterday
Democrats work with the horrible reprobate Bad Orange Man.
Color me cynical.
I wonder what poison pill the RATs put in it.
Is it the final version? or does the Senate have to give it another go?
arg...sorry...I should have read the article...
It’s not a done deal yet....
Note to Dims: his next promise is to return control of the House to its rightful owners.
WINNING!
Now, help our Farmers before even more of them go under!
“Color me cynical.“
I’m right there with you.
I wonder what poison pill the RATs put in it.
Is it the final version? or does the Senate have to give it another go?
I believe it is a treaty, not a law
If the ‘rats want a different terms, they need to vote it down and let the president know what they want, and the president will have to get the other countries to sign off on the new terms
They can’t unilaterally “edit” the deal or put stuff in it without the other countries and the president knowing and approving the changes.
That was my understanding from high school anyways
lol...dems are trying to staunch the bleeding from the fake impeachment.
I worked to get this loser elected, made call, donated time and money, and he turns out to be a real mook.
How can a guy go so squishy?
The last good conservative Senator we had in PA that I can remember was John Heinz, and don't anyone tell me about Santorum.
I met young rick when he was a congress critter, and he was very conservative and I rode the Monday morning USAir flight with him to DC for many years.
He changed when he became a senator, just an other use-ta-be.
No they are finally doing the people’s work for a change.
Is Pelosi going to send the bill to the Senate, or has she developed a new bad habit?
Trump’s people will read it when they get it back to make sure it’s the same one ? LOL
Any agreement with a foreign government(s) is a treaty
They can’t change it
It is a yes/no situation
The deal is a good deal for us and all involved
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