President Donald Trump is pitching a $2 billion plan to repave streets, refurbish infrastructure, and restore order in Washington, D.C., casting it as part of a sweeping crime agenda that remains vague on Capitol Hill, even as House Republicans prepare their own slate of bills targeting the District.

The $2 billion figure first surfaced in Trump’s Aug. 22 remarks, when he said he would ask Congress to fund a beautification campaign within a three-mile radius of the White House and Capitol. Senior White House officials now say the proposal stems from the president’s March executive order , Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful, which created seven interagency working groups on issues from policing to homelessness.

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