Freshman Democrats Chide McConnell for Delaying USMCA Vote
Seven freshmen in the House -- all from traditionally Republican districts -- say that it's wrong for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put off a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement when he's complained for months that House Democrats are…
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delaying a vote. “We are deeply concerned by your statements that the Senate will not take up the USMCA this year and that you refuse to pass any legislative items during January -- including the USMCA,” they wrote. They said the USMCA cannot end up in the Senate's “legislative graveyard,” as hundreds of other House-passed bills have. The letter, sent Dec. 17, was led by Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, and joined by Reps. Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa; Joe Cunningham, D-S.C.; Angie Craig, D-Minn.; Anthony Brindisi, D-N.Y.; Kendra Horn, D-Okla.; and Susan Wild, D-Pa.