Is a new infrastructure law possible for 2020? As Congress reconvenes after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday the House is expected to unveil a new infrastructure spending bill. In addition to funding for roads and bridges, the House bill is also expected to address other sectors such as water resources, energy, broadband, pipeline safety and climate.
On January 16th, Nancy Pelosi confirmed that the House will unveil infrastructure legislation when the chamber returns the week of January 27th, 2020. “It’s pretty exciting, something we talked about during the campaign, and something the president talked about as a priority during the campaign,” the Speaker said during her weekly press conference. “We thought we would be able to move in a positive way on this, so far they have not come on board. However, we decided now we just have to go forward. We do believe now with the passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement that they might be interested in cooperating in other ways.”