President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an already difficult task even more challenging for lawmakers by calling on Congress to ratify his Mexico-Canada trade deal before passing any bipartisan infrastructure bill. Tying infrastructure to trade, an already contentious issue, is likely to further complicate matters for everyone. In his letter, Trump suggested using next year’s expected surface-transportation reauthorization bill as the main legislative vehicle instead of a broader infrastructure proposal. Schumer said during an interview with MSNBC earlier this month that he believed it was “unlikely” that Trump would agree. “Then the American people will see on infrastructure, like on so much else, he’s a fraud,” Schumer said.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2019 02:52 UTC