Lawmakers Want Infrastructure Funded by Offshore Tax Reform

March 24, 2017

A bipartisan group of lawmakers thinks the key to uniting Republicans and Democrats around a massive infrastructure package is coupling it with a sweetener for conservatives: tax reform.

Reps. John Delaney (D-Md.), Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) and Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) have pushed the concept for years. But now the group – who came to Congress together in 2013 – might have their best shot yet.

“These two ideas we’re working on are better poised to become a reality than the entire time we’ve served together over the past four and a half years,” Davis said in a sit-down with reporters this week. “President Trump has brought the debate to the forefront.”

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