Are corporate Dems desperate enough to trade Trump impeachment for an infrastructure bill? Why? He will be re-elected. Unless...
they are setting him up to fail. GOP does not want it, and Trump is supposed to figure out how to pay for it within 3 weeks.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-trump-agreed-to-2-trillion-for-infrastructure-after-meeting-with-dems
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/30/718677236/trump-and-democrats-agree-on-2-trillion-for-infrastructure-but-not-on-how-to-pay
According to NPR, impeachment and Cngrsnl investigations were not discussed.
"The aide said the president criticized the previous approach his administration took toward infrastructure funding — public-private partnerships. He faulted his former economic adviser. "That was a Gary [Cohn] bill," Trump said, calling it "so stupid" because, he said, "you get sued."
Slate says Pelosi wants bill to protect House majority. Schumer wants rollback of tax giveaway. McConnell says that's a non-starter.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/infrastructure-week-democrats-trump-meeting-really.html
WH Chief of Staff said "Do I think there’s an interest in doing it? Yes,” he said. “Do I think there’s probably more interest, especially on the Democrats’ part, to make a show for trying to get a deal? Yeah."
Slate is calling the deal a pantomime.
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https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/441461-dems-trump-pull-2t-surprise-on-infrastructure
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/politics/pelosi-schumer-trump-infrastructure-meeting/index.html
Trump pulled the $2T figure out of thin air, to put it politely.