USMCA Ready for Full Senate Vote; ITI Seeks OK

Four Senate committees OK'd the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, clearing the way for a floor vote Thursday. Those voting no were Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent running for president; Jack Reed, D-R.I.; and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii. The chamber's full vote is a "key" action, said the Information Technology Industry Council Wednesday. ITI deems USMCA a "landmark improvement in our relationships with two of our most important trading partners from the perspective of the tech sector," CEO Jason Oxman wrote Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. ITI backs HR-5430. USMCA also came up at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential contenders' debate (see 2001150057).