This past week saw a major move forward in the effort to get Congress to pass a major bill funding traditional infrastructure. There seemed to be some anger from the Trump property in New Jersey, where the former President urged Senate Republicans to oppose the infrastructure deal. Today, he issued a statement accusing Senate Republicans of “caving” to Democrats on the deal.

Frustration by the former President is understandable, from the earliest days of his Presidential campaign he was a strong advocate for infrastructure. In June of 2020 the Trump White House came out with a $1T infrastructure proposal. For many reasons the Trump plan never got out of the starting gate; and he finds it difficult to accept that President Biden could accomplish what he failed to do.

On Wednesday, the Senate voted 67 to 32 on a parliamentary procedure which allows them to move forward with a debate on the $1T infrastructure deal that had been cobbled together by a group of Republican and Democratic Senators. While the vote was an encouraging sign there are still several obstacles as the bill makes its way through the legislative process.

First, and very importantly, at this point the actual legislative text hasn’t been released. Senate staff if busying writing the actual bill with ...

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