Trump May Try To Package Infrastructure Bill With Health Care Or Tax Cuts

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump is considering packaging an infrastructure plan with another major policy overhaul like health care or taxes in order to garner bipartisan support.

He told the New York Times on Wednesday that “infrastructure is so popular that I might want to use it for another bill.”

“I’m thinking about accelerating it. I’m thinking about putting it with another bill. Could be health care, could be something else,” he told the New York Times. “Could be tax reform.”

He said that Democrats are “desperate” for an infrastructure bill.

Trump would not specify how much his plan would use tax credits verses public funding.

“We haven’t made a determination as to public/private. There are some things that work very nicely public/private. There are some things that don’t,” he said.

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  1. so it turns out Cheeto Donnie is as serious about infrastructure as he is about health care reform or taxes…

  2. “Mr. President, please, we can’t take it anymore, we can’t win anymore like this, Mr. President, you’re driving us crazy, you’re winning too much, please Mr. President, not so much…”

  3. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Welcome to another episode of What Did Someone Just Tell Trumpsky?

    Putin’s dupe says: “I think…” and you guess who spoke with him last.

  4. Umm…wouldn’t packaging healthcare with another bill take the budget reconciliation crapola off the table and force it to go the route of normal legislation?

  5. He really doesn’t know how shit works, does he? The only one desperate is him. He needs some kind of win, and combining healthcare with infrastructure isn’t gonna do it. Also, it makes no sense. He remains clueless.

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