USMCA Passes Senate 89-10
The Senate passed the U.S-Canada-Mexico Agreement, the replacement for NAFTA, with an 89-10 vote. Now the implementing bill heads to President Donald Trump's desk to be signed. The Canadian parliament must also still ratify the agreement.
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Most of the Democrats who voted no said they did so because the trade deal doesn't address climate change, though Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who opposed the original NAFTA, voted against the pact because he felt it didn't do enough to prevent outsourcing to Mexico. Only one Republican voted no, Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.