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Dem Sen Heitkamp: Trump ‘Very Serious’ on Infrastructure

In an appearance Sunday on New York AM 970 radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) said President Donald Trump was “very serious” about getting an infrastructure plan in place. “[We] really spent a lot of time visiting about, you know,

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Democratic Leaders Ditch Trump on Infrastructure

One of the few glimmers of bipartisanship in the wake of the election of President Trump was on the question of infrastructure, with Democrats expressing a willingness to work with him on working to fix the nation’s roads and bridges. But it seems Democrats aren’t so enthusiastic anymore.

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Nelson: Make Airports Great Again With Public-Private Partnerships

Much of the developed world has already moved away from a government only model turning toward the private sector for needed investment and management reform. Cited in a recent Cato Institute report, the Airports Council International (ACI) says 47% of airports in the EU are now private or mostly private.

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California Rain Expected to Boost Hydro-Electric Revenue

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency suggest that the state could receive an extra $900 million in new hydro-electric revenue as a result of record California rain — and that the cash could pay for some of the damage to the Oroville Dam, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and much of California’s key flood control infrastructure.

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Gorka on Media’s Russia Obsession, Trump’s ‘America First’ Budget, and Why the Immigration EO Challenge Will Fail

On Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump and former National Security editor for Breitbart News, addressed the judicial injunction against President Trump’s revised executive order on immigration. The judge blocked Trump’s order on the grounds that it constituted unfair discrimination against Muslims.

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Axios: Trump May Delay Infrastructure Plans to Coincide with 2018 Midterms

The Trump Administration may put off any major infrastructure plan until 2018, Axios’ Jonathan Swan reports. With fiscal fights, Obamacare repeal legislation, and a Supreme Court nomination all on the horizon, Capitol Hill’s agenda is crammed. Pushing off consideration of Trump’s infrastructure plan will both give “Republican lawmakers more breathing room amid a crowd of issues,” and strategically time the debate for when midterm elections heat up.

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