McConnell: Senate will not take up new NAFTA deal this year

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that the Senate will not take up President Trump's trade deal with Canada and Mexico before the end of the year.

McConnell, outlining the to-do list for the chamber before senators leave for Christmas, said the trade deal was not on the list. He also said the Senate was unlikely to vote on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) until after an expected impeachment trial for Trump.

"We will not be doing USMCA in the Senate. They will have to come up in all likelihood after a trial is finished in the Senate," he said.

The Senate was supposed to adjourn for the year by Dec. 13. They'll now likely be in town through Dec. 20 because of the government funding deadline.

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