Where is Trump's infrastructure plan? Republicans grow tired of waiting.

By BEN WHITE 01/24/2018 05:02 AM EST

Republicans are getting tired of waiting for the White House to deliver its infrastructure proposal.

In the latest edition of the POLITICO Money podcast, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chair of a key subcommittee on the issue, said he would like to see President Donald Trump’s formal proposal “yesterday” and expects new, specific details in the State of the Union address next week.

“I’m a little frustrated because by this time I’d like to know a little bit more about some of these things that are not resolved yet,” Inhofe said, referring to how the White House expects to turn $200 billion in federal money into $1 trillion in overall spending on roads, bridges, ports and other major projects.

Inhofe was largely dismissive of a recently leaked draft White House memo on infrastructure, saying it included few new details and did not clearly lay out how to leverage a relatively small amount of federal money. “If you were clear on it, you might be the only one who is clear,” he said of the funding mechanisms. “I have talked to really good people in the White House, and they are, right now, not talking about the specifics.”

Inhofe said Republicans and Democrats should look at “whatever it takes” to fund an infrastructure bill and take an “all of the above” approach to potential sources of funding, including a potential increase in the gas tax despite opposition to that approach from Trump.

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