Poll: Spending on Infrastructure Is a Top Priority for Americans

As President Barack Obama gave the State of the Union address last night, House Speaker John Boehner sat on his hands for certain ideas and proposals. That's to be expected: These guys play for different teams. And these formalities have to be taken with a grain of salt. That Boehner doesn't applaud for President Obama's proposals for infrastructure, for example (he didn't), doesn't mean that he doesn't have any of his own.

Earlier this month, though, Boehner staked out a declarative position on the subject. He opposes increasing the gas tax to boost infrastructure spending, despite the new lows for oil prices. "We’ve got to find a way to deal with America’s crumbling infrastructure," he told reporters on January 8, but he didn't specify how.