Dems say Trump agrees on $2 trillion infrastructure goal

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare moment of bipartisanship in polarized Washington, President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders agreed Tuesday to work toward a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild roads, bridges, provide clean water and extend broadband coverage — but they put off the thorny matter of how to pay for it.

Both sides seemed determined to show a willingness to work with the other, even as tensions between the White House and congressional Democrats have only intensified with the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report into Russia meddling in the 2016 elections. Democrats have multiple investigations of the Trump administration underway and Trump's White House is strongly resisting them.

But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said there was "good will in the meeting" — a marked departure from the last White House encounter between Trump, Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which ended with Trump walking out in a huff. At Tuesday's more muted meeting, by contrast, Trump at one point offered to share his Tic Tacs with Pelosi and she accepted, a Democratic aide recounted.

"We did come to one agreement: that the agreement would be big and bold," Pelosi said.

Schumer added that: "In previous meetings, the president has said, 'If these investigations continue, I can't work with you.'" But this time, Schumer said, "He didn't bring it up."

Schumer said the two sides agreed that infrastructure investments create jobs and make the United States more competitive economically with the rest of the world. Most importantly, Schumer said, "we agreed on a number."

"Originally, we had started a little lower. Even the president was eager to push it up to $2 trillion, and that is a very good thing," Schumer said.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, for her part,...