As Obamacare repeal and tax reform stall on Capitol Hill, the White House has decided that maybe President Trump can launch a nationwide push to repair roads, bridges, ports and tracks this year after all.

“Infrastructure, the president has said all along, he believes it will be a bipartisan exercise, and it’s one that we will be looking to partner with them on,” Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, told reporters on Monday evening.

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