House Republican leaders have dumped thousands of dollars into a campaign in California to repeal the state’s 2017 gas tax hike via ballot measure in “a move that stands in contrast to the Trump administration’s preference that states cough up more of their own money for infrastructure,” our Lauren Gardner writes. The measure, which is all but assured to be included on the November ballot, is backed by many in the state — with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy as the most prominent.
