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Posted: 2019-12-20T03:07:19Z | Updated: 2019-12-20T07:12:39Z

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) came out against a massive trade deal pending before Congress, saying during Thursdays Democratic presidential debate that he will vote against the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

This is a modest improvement over what we have right now, Sanders said. But at the end of the day in my view, it is not going to stop outsourcing. It is not going to stop corporations from moving to Mexico.

The House on Thursday night passed USMCA a renegotiation of 1994s North American Free Trade Agreement with strong bipartisan support, 385-41. Sanders guaranteed the deal will have some push back when it gets to the Senate.

House Democratic leaders saw passing USMCA as an opportunity to show that the party was not only focused on impeachment. Its passage in the House was also a big win for President Donald Trump , who campaigned on leaving and renegotiating NAFTA.