Republicans may reject a major proposal to pay for Trump's $1.5 trillion infrastructure project because it could ruin the goodwill from the tax bill

• President Donald Trump rolled out a promise for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package during the State of the Union.
• Republicans discussed paying for the federal portion of the plan with an increase in the federal gas tax, which hasn't been boosted since 1993.
• GOP leaders are concerned such a move would ruin some of the positive reaction they are seeing from the recently implemented tax law, according to Axios' Jonathan Swan.

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Republicans may shut down a major idea to fund President Donald Trump's massive proposed infrastructure project in part because it could scuttle positive press from their tax law.

Axios' Jonathan Swan reported that the GOP is wary of including gas-tax increase to any infrastructure package because it would appear as a tax increase targeted at the middle class.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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