Senate Republicans Cast Doubt on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
- Senate’s No. 2 Republican says he’s not sure there’s time
- White House says it expects Congress to act quickly on plan
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The Senate’s No. 2 Republican cast doubt on whether Congress will be able to enact President Donald Trump’s plan to upgrade U.S. public works this year, raising questions about whether a top administration priority will be done before the November elections.
“It will be challenging,” Senator John Cornyn of Texas said in an interview Tuesday. “I certainly would be happy if we could, but we’ve got a lot of things to do, that being one of them, and I don’t know if we will have time to get to that.”