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Democratic congressional leaders said Tuesday they reached an agreement with President Trump to seek a deal on a $2 trillion infrastructure bill, a surprising development that comes amid intense partisan warfare in Washington.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sounded a decidedly positive note after leaving a White House meeting shortly after noon, with Schumer saying there was goodwill on both sides toward developing a major piece of legislation.
That was different than some of the other meetings that weve had, Schumer told reporters on the North Lawn driveway. This was a very, very good start.
We hope it will go to a constructive conclusion.
Pelosi said both sides had come to one agreement: that the agreement would be big and bold.
Pelosi and Schumer cautioned that they and the White House had not agreed on how to pay for a $2 trillion package to improve the nation's roads, bridges, waterways and broadband, but they decided to meet in three weeks to solicit Trumps ideas on funding.
Democratic lawmakers will not propose their own spending plan at the next meeting, leaving it for Trump to come up with funding options he can support, according to a senior Democratic aide.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/441358-pelosi-schumer-say-theyve-agreed-with-trump-on-a-2t-infrastructure-bill
I doubt if anything comes from this. The moment the right wing punditocracy speaks up Trump will change his mind.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)in play with in seconds of that announcement. Yupper,their out in force,and everyone knows Trump will never keep his word and will use this as a Campaign Tool
Spin it Deranged Donnie,spin it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,209 posts)President Trump on Tuesday trashed his own White House infrastructure plan released last year, blaming his former top economic adviser Gary Cohn for drafting a proposal that was "so stupid."
Trump, meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), made clear that he was never supportive of the proposal calling for public-private partnerships, because "you get sued," according to a senior Democratic source who attended the private meeting in the White House's Cabinet Room.
"That was a Gary [Cohn] bill. That bill was so stupid," Trump told the Democratic leaders, according to the source.
A second person present at Tuesday's White House meeting also confirmed Trump's remarks criticizing his administration's plan. Unveiled in February 2018, the proposal calls for $200 billion in federal spending that would be used to leverage at least an additional $800 billion in private investment over the next decade.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-trashes-his-own-infrastructure-plan-as-stupid/ar-AAAKxlX?li=BBnb7Kz