Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, cited ASCE’s study, “Failure to Act: Economic Impacts of Status Quo Investment Across Infrastructure Systems,” as ideal starting point for the infrastructure financing discussion.

The president-elect stated emphatically during campaign stops that “not one more foot” of wall will be built under his administration and federal land seizures will stop; efforts to end or curb temporary status programs also will reverse.

If the GOP holds the Senate, observers say a sweeping infrastructure bill could be a long shot for the president-elect