Pelosi admits the USMCA is a better program for the US than NAFTA ever was.
That's due to Trump's negotiations -- nothing at all to do with Congress. Anything Congress changes will be pork for their constituents. I can guarantee that.
So, even by Pelosi's characterization, the new Act is a major improvement, which would have never happened if Trump wasn't president. I can't imagine Hillary negotiating anything that doesn't include "donations" to the Clinton Foundation.
I watched a youtube video that explained at least part of what the holdup is
NAFTA had a restriction on pharmaceutical patents of 12 years in the US, but only 5 years in Canada and mexico
so a drug company had the rights to that drug for that period of time before generics became available
obviously, the longer period favors the drug company because they can profit more
trump's USMCA had the limit at 10 years for Canada and mexico, and 12 years for the US
Pelosi at the last minute got it changed to ZERO years in Canada and mexico, meaning generics would be available immediately
Pelosi needed to release the news about USMCA for 2 reasons:
1 to show some news that the house was working on something other than impeachment
2 to give the dems in states that voted for trump something to show their constituents that they are helping with jobs. word was that these dems were threatening to vote no on impeachment, and this is the carrot for them to toe the party line.
I think it was the Huckabee video I posted yesterday that said them dems are talking about having a bunch of dems voting no, so that when it is only a handful, they can tout that as a victory...