Chump officials assure Republicans an infrastructure plan is coming

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/356097-white-house-reassures-republicans-on-stalled-infrastructure-plan

Republicans on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee sat down with four officials from the White House to discuss the stalled rebuilding initiative on Wednesday. Policy adviser D.J. Gribbin and Reed Cordish from the Office of American Innovation were both in attendance.

Wednesday’s meeting, which took place on Capitol Hill, offered an opportunity for the administration to update lawmakers about the infrastructure package. Senators also expressed their priorities for a bill, lawmakers said.

The meeting comes as lawmakers have been clamoring for more details about Trump’s infrastructure proposal, which was once billed as a 100-day priority but has been stuck on the sidelines as Congress works on health care and tax reform.

The White House outlined a brief sketch of Trump’s infrastructure vision in the administration's budget request earlier this year, vowing to release more details in the third quarter or early fall. But the administration has yet to release any further guidance on the plan.

And Trump continues to question the role of public-private partnerships in the plan, raising concerns about how the proposal will be paid for and whether Republicans will be on board with the rebuilding effort.