Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerRepublican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral Graham signals support for confirming a Supreme Court nominee this year MORE (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will be watching President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE’s State of the Union address Tuesday night to see how the president intends to fund a comprehensive infrastructure package.

“The president faces a choice: The hard right doesn’t want him to expend federal resources, but to effectively rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, he must,” Schumer wrote in an opinion piece for The Washington Post.

Trump is widely expected to tout the state of the economy after his first year in office, and lay out details of an infrastructure plan to rehab and rebuild the nation’s roads, railways and bridges.

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Several Democratic lawmakers said they intend to boycott the speech.

A draft version of the Trump administration’s infrastructure plan leaked last week, and showed projects will rely heavily on private investments and funding from state and local governments.

Schumer wrote that such a plan would potentially exclude rural areas from being able to fund needed infrastructure improvements.

“So Democrats will watch the State of the Union hoping that President Trump will change course — by emphasizing the need for a major, direct federal investment in infrastructure,” Schumer said.

Schumer suggested “hard-right special interests” are to blame for Trump proposing less federal funding. He warned the president will squander “an immense opportunity” by failing to dedicate enough federal money to his infrastructure plan.

“If President Trump chooses a real, direct, federal investment in infrastructure, he will have a chance to pass an effective, bipartisan bill. We Democrats will gladly work with him on it,” Schumer said.