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-- 2016 --
August 9: Donald Trump's Big-Spending
Infrastructure Dream
The Republican nominee’s push to pour more money into roads and bridges than
Hillary Clinton is his latest break with conservatives, and it’s drawing
criticism from one of his own economic advisers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/donald-trumps-big-spending-infrastructure-dream/494993/
-- 2017 --
May 11:
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/05/11/trump-infrastructure-projects
-- 2018 --
January 31: Trump's Infrastructure Plan Is A
Shell Game
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joelmoser/2018/01/31/trumps-infrastructure-plan-is-voodoo-economics/#6a70234239fd
February 12: Trump infrastructure plan
includes push to sell federal airports, power assets, more
The Trump administration is making a push to sell off federal assets as part of
its infrastructure plan released Monday.
Trump has repeatedly blamed the "crumbling" state of the nation's roads and
highways for preventing the American economy from reaching its full potential.
Among the targeted federal assets: Reagan National and Dulles International
airports and two major parkways serving the Washington region, as well as power
assets around the country, according to a copy of the proposal.
The Washington Aqueduct, which supplies drinking water in Washington and
Northern Virginia, also is on the list.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2018/02/donald_trump_infrastructure_se.html
February 12: Trump rolls out infrastructure
plan hinged on state, private dollars
The White House
unveiled its long-awaited infrastructure plan on Monday, proposing $200
billion in new federal spending that it says will ultimately spur a $1.5
trillion investment over the next 10 years.
"We have to rebuild our infrastructure," President Donald Trump said Monday
morning. "We're trying to fix roads and bridges that are falling down."
The plan includes $100 billion in "incentives" that would require
local and state governments to pony up big bucks or partner with private
companies to unlock federal dollars. While the government will judge several
criteria when considering whether or not to give out infrastructure dollars, the
biggest will be outside funding.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rolls-out-infrastructure-plan-opening-door-private-investment-n847161
February 16: Why Nobody Likes Trump’s
Infrastructure Plan
For starters: It would endanger the environment, imperil water systems and other
public assets . . . and then make states pay extra for it all
https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/why-nobody-likes-trumps-infrastructure-plan
March 23: President
Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill Friday with $21.2 billion for
new infrastructure spending on transportation, energy and water projects in
fiscal year 2018.
https://www.pionline.com/article/20180323/ONLINE/180329915/trump-signs-spending-deal-with-21-billion-for-infrastructure
May 1: Trump’s infrastructure plan to
be pushed to 2019
https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/trumps-infrastructure-plan-pushed-to-2019/
May 9: White House Admits Trump’s
Infrastructure Promise Isn’t Happening
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/trump-admits-infrastructure-promise-isnt-happening.html?gtm=bottom>m=bottom
June 17: Elaine Chao: Why It’s Taking So
Long for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan to Land
http://fortune.com/2018/07/17/elaine-chao-trump-infrastructure-plan/
October 23: Trump signs bipartisan
water infrastructure spending law
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/23/politics/america-water-infrastructure-act-donald-trump-signing/index.html
December 18: Trump Threatens Infrastructure
Legislation Over Border Wall Demand
Issue has Republican and Democratic buy-in, but president claims he might kill
it
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-threatens-possible-infrastructure-bill-over-border-wall-demand
December 21: Paying
more for less: the blueprint of the newest Trump infrastructure deal
Congressional bipartisanship, real investment could pave the way for a
new bill.
An infrastructure package containing perhaps as much as $1 trillion in
combination of outright spending, tax beaks and subsidies for more
public-private partnerships is being floated in Washington as a way for
Democrats and Republicans to feign bipartisanship in this hyper-partisan era of
confrontational politics.
https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/paying_more_for_less_the_blueprint_of_the_newest_trump_infrastructure_deal
-- 2019 --
January 18: The Trump administration isn't
giving up hope of pursuing a "significant" infrastructure initiative during
President Donald Trump's first term.
The White House held a high-level meeting Tuesday to chart potential paths
forward, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The hour-long meeting, convened by the National Economic Council and helmed by
NEC Director Larry Kudlow, was described as a "status conference" to discuss how
best to move forward on a package once the government shutdown ends.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/18/a-new-trump-infrastructure-plan-could-cost-1-trillion.html
March 5: House Dem dismisses paying for
infrastructure by rolling back Trump tax law
Rep.
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) signaled on Tuesday that he thinks there are
better ways to pay for an infrastructure package than a rollback of the GOP tax
law.
Blumenauer told reporters that it would be "complex" to link infrastructure with
major changes to the tax code.
"I think of all the ways that we could have to fund the rebuilding and renewing
of America, I think that is fraught with peril," said Blumenauer, a senior
member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/432677-dem-linking-infrastructure-and-tax-law-rollback-would-be-challenging
-- 2020 --
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