Clinton to pitch infrastructure spending plan on Sunday

That would include $250 billion of direct federal spending and another $25 billion to set up a bank that would loan money to those attempting to renovate American infrastructure in desperate need of repairs.

“Get your sledgehammers ready”, he told hundreds of cheering union members, “we have a glass ceiling to demolish”. A former union member, Walsh can marshal his political forces to help Clinton both in the MA primary and neighboring New Hampshire.

“You shouldn’t have to be the granddaughter of a former president to have opportunities that America can offer”, Clinton said.

In recent weeks, national labor unions have coalesced around Clinton’s candidacy and the momentum building behind Clinton was on display on Sunday.

Walsh pledged to do “whatever needs to be done” for the campaign, and said he was courted personally by Clinton a number of times, including conversations with former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton has long signaled that she would propose policies that require significant government investment – a repudiation of positions held by Republican candidates who favor smaller government. [And] we’ve got to do this now.

Infrastructure spending has been a top priority of President Obama’s as well, but his plans have so far failed to go anywhere in the Republican-controlled Congress. Clinton’s proposal would face the same opposition in Congress, which is likely to have at least one chamber under GOP control if she wins the presidency. Clinton is also signaling her intent to woo moderate general election voters with proposals to pay for the spending in ways that have garnered bipartisan support in the past. During an event in Saratoga, California, Clinton said she would continue to advocate for “a big infrastructure program” that included an “infrastructure bank funded by public private partnerships to fund long-term projects”. When the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America endorsed Clinton earlier this year, they cited her focus on “strategic budgeting for our country’s infrastructure” as a reason they choose to back her.

Sanders, meanwhile, has already called for more than $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, paid for by corporate tax increases and higher taxes for the wealthy. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is Clinton’s chief rival for their party’s nomination, has suggested a $1 trillion infrastructure plan.