Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (L), Democrat of Massachusetts, speaks about the US - Mexico - Canada Agreement, known as the USMCA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 10, 2019.

A House committee cleared a new North American trade deal on Tuesday, setting up approval in the full chamber this week.

The House Ways and Means Committee favorably reported the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a replacement for NAFTA negotiated by the Trump administration and tweaked by House Democrats. The panel sent the three-nation pact to the full House in a bipartisan voice vote.

Earlier Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the House plans to consider the trade deal on Thursday. The chamber is expected to approve it with bipartisan support.

President Donald Trump considers replacing NAFTA, the 1994 trade deal he has criticized as a job killer, one of his top priorities ahead of his 2020 reelection bid. The Democratic-held House is set to sign off on the deal only a day after it impeaches Trump.