Trump, congressional leadership agree on infrastructure bill dollar figure

The president plans to meet again with congressional leaders later this month to discuss how to pay for improvements to the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Photo: iStock.com/peeterv

Passage of a federal infrastructure bill took a step forward Tuesday following a meeting at the White House between President Trump and Democratic congressional leadership.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) sat down with the president and collectively agreed to pursue an infrastructure deal totaling $2 trillion. Pelosi and Schumer cautioned, however, that the sides had not yet agreed on how to pay for a package, a significant hurdle that will have to be overcome.

Trump, Pelosi and Schumer are expected to meet again in three weeks.

“This was a very, very good start,” Schumer says.