After the GOP’s stunning defeat on health care, and the turmoil it unleashed among lawmakers this week, Democrats find themselves with more leverage than ever over an unpopular president in dire need of a legislative victory.
As Donald Trump shifts his attention from Obamacare to tax reform and infrastructure, two issues with the potential for bipartisan compromise, Democrats reiterated this week that they are willing to make a deal. But only, they said, if the Trump infrastructure proposal includes real federal spending needed to overhaul the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, and waterways.
