Democrats split on hiking gas tax ahead of infrastructure meeting with Pres. Trump.
Democrats were poised to meet with President Donald Trump Tuesday morning to kick off discussions on a massive infrastructure package, hoping to salvage a bipartisan moment before the 2020 presidential campaign and partisanship of a divided government overtake the moment.
"We look forward to hearing your ideas on how to pay for this package to ensure that it is big and bold enough to meet our country's needs," Pelosi and Schumer wrote."This bill can and should be a major jobs and ownership boost for the American people -- manufacturers, labor contractors, and women, veteran and minority-owned businesses."
"It's not a likely outcome," one senior Democratic aide predicted ahead of the meeting."People see what he's trying to do there, but I think there are others who think it complicates what's already a complicated situation." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders called the Democratic outreach"a good first step," but agreed that the discussions are simply a starting point in bipartisan negotiations.
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