Opposition from GOP and conservatives imperil Trump’s infrastructure plan

On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump announced infrastructure plans before the backdrop of a flag-draped barge filled with coal. White House image.

A week after top Democrats and the White House reached a tentative accord to repair the country’s transportation system, the bipartisan gesture seems to be in trouble, putting into question whether promises made by President Trump two years ago on the Ohio River to repair the inland waterways system and other national infrastructure can finally move forward.

The $2 trillion deal reached last Tuesday between the president and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority...

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