Dems: GOP already undermining Trump’s ‘Buy America’ promise

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Senate Democrats are assailing Republicans for removing a “Buy America” provision from the waterways bill that they say President-elect Trump supports but House GOP have worked to eliminate.

“We’re getting a disconnect here between a victory lap” Trump took recently after saving 1,000 Carrier jobs and a decision by House Republicans to jettison a “Buy America” provision from the water infrastructure bill originally expected to pass the House and Senate by the end of the week, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told reporters Tuesday.

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