David Lieb, Missouri-based reporter for state government team, for a story of national interest about President Donald Trump’s administration, reported not from Washington but from the nation’s heartland. After the president released his latest budget proposal, Lieb revealed that Trump has failed to deliver on his promise of a $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan. He has so far been unable to persuade Congress to pass anything like that, even when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. https://bit.ly/2T38OrE
Despite ‘infrastructure weeks,’ there’s no $1 trillion
Work is underway on the Townsends Inlet Bridge between Sea Isle City and Avalon, N.J., June 5, 2019. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, but he has so far fallen short. Some Republicans are already lowering expectations for such spending in the president’s latest budget.
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