Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has an unlikely ally in Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas when it comes to a last-minute push for changes to USMCA.  The two are pushing to strip the trade pact of language shielding internet companies from liability over user-generated content.  ...

President Trump once again took to Twitter to lash out at House Democrats over their inaction on USMCA.  President Trump placed the blame for leaving USMCA squarely on Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats for leaving USMCA “dead in the water.”   ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s not ready to give USMCA the ‘green light’ in the House.  Pelosi earlier said a deal with the White House to bring up USMCA in the House was “imminent.”   But, a year after NAFTA’s replacement was signed and months of negotiations with Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Pelosi said, “We live in a world of instant gratification. ‘You got an agreement, when’

Fewer and fewer days remain for Congress to pass USMCA in 2019.  Washington D.C. is sending mixed signals on whether the deal can be completed this year.  Some lawmakers have suggested the House stay in session an extra week, adding time to the calendar to wrap up business before Christmas.  Meanwhi...

More than a dozen House Democrats from key battleground states are now trying to rally support for USMCA.  Politico said they held a special caucus meeting to talk through the issue.  The push marks the newest sign that moderate House Democrats are getting impatient over a lack of movement toward getting the deal finally done.   ...

While the House impeachment hearings got started on Wednesday, Republicans are trying to make the case that the issue is making it difficult to pass USMCA. Speaking Tuesday in New York, President Trump said the existing NAFTA is “disastrous,” even though the agreement made Ag trade virtually tariff-free between the three countries.   Tr...

Senator Chuck Grassley says Congressional approval of USMCA could still happen this year, but it would need to be a rush job.  Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said USMCA ratification could still happen by Christmas, despite just 15 legislative days left when both chambers are in session, and, as he put it an apparent lack of interest from House leaderships.  Hi...

The House of Representatives could vote on USMCA as early as this week or the next.  Last week House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson and said Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to get USMCA approval “on the fast track.”  Peterson added USMCA Working Group Chair Richard Neal of Massachusetts told him that Neal will try to move the legislation forward either this week or the next.   “He’s pushin... Read

A delegation of U.S. House Democrats this week told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau USMCA negotiations are nearly complete. Led by Representative Richard Neal, the group met with Trudeau and other top officials from Canada. Neal said of the talks, “Significant progress is being achieved” on the agreement.   Tr...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week voiced optimism for bringing up USMCA for House action, soon.  But there’s still no sign of a negotiating breakthrough with the White House, and as the American Farm Bureau Federation points out, the clock is ticking.  AFBF tra...