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Democrats say $2 trillion for infrastructure agreed to after meeting with Trump
BWahahahahahaaa you know trump will say he never agreed.
Washington (CNN)Democratic congressional leaders announced after a meeting with President Donald Trump and a group of high-ranking Democratic lawmakers that an agreement had been reached on the pricetag for a potential infrastructure plan: $2 trillion.
There is still no guarantee a plan that both sides agree to will ultimately come together and so far it appears that many details of a potential plan -- including how to pay for it -- have not yet been worked out, but congressional Democratic leaders emerged from the meeting on Tuesday signaling optimism and describing it as a first step toward finding common ground, which has proven elusive between the President and congressional Democrats, many of whom are investigating his administration.
"It was a very constructive meeting," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said after the meeting. "We agreed on a number, which was very, very, good, $2 trillion for infrastructure. Originally, we had started a little lower and even the President was eager to push it up to $2 trillion. That is a very good thing."
Referring to the question of how to pay for any plan, which could become the key sticking point in negotiations, Schumer added, "We told the President that we needed his ideas on funding ... Where does he propose that we can fund this? Because certainly in the Senate, if we don't have him on board it would be very hard to get the Senate to go along. We said we would meet in three weeks and he would present to us some of his ideas on funding. So this was a very, very good start and we hope it will go to a constructive conclusion."
There is still no guarantee a plan that both sides agree to will ultimately come together and so far it appears that many details of a potential plan -- including how to pay for it -- have not yet been worked out, but congressional Democratic leaders emerged from the meeting on Tuesday signaling optimism and describing it as a first step toward finding common ground, which has proven elusive between the President and congressional Democrats, many of whom are investigating his administration.
"It was a very constructive meeting," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said after the meeting. "We agreed on a number, which was very, very, good, $2 trillion for infrastructure. Originally, we had started a little lower and even the President was eager to push it up to $2 trillion. That is a very good thing."
Referring to the question of how to pay for any plan, which could become the key sticking point in negotiations, Schumer added, "We told the President that we needed his ideas on funding ... Where does he propose that we can fund this? Because certainly in the Senate, if we don't have him on board it would be very hard to get the Senate to go along. We said we would meet in three weeks and he would present to us some of his ideas on funding. So this was a very, very good start and we hope it will go to a constructive conclusion."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/politics/pelosi-schumer-trump-infrastructure-meeting/index.html
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