How infrastructure week became a punchline

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How infrastructure week became a punchline

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POLITICO’s Mike Grunwald joins Ben to talk about the Gateway Project, a $30 billion infrastructure plan that would include a new $11 billion tunnel under the Hudson between New Jersey and New York for passenger trains.

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How infrastructure week became a punchline

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