I thought this was a good overview of the infrastructure bill, both policy and process:
This represents a lot of money and, in away, it’s shocking that they managed to get it done with 19 GOP votes. There’s a lesson here but I’m not sure what it is except for the fact that the country actually is falling apart and that politicians do like to bring home the bacon.
If Biden can get the reluctant egomaniac Manchin over the line on the Build Back Better Bill, it will be an enormous achievement. Whether that translates into thanks from the public is another story. As I wrote in the post below, the public has been so thoroughly brainwashed by anti-government propaganda that there’s no guarantee that doing the right thing will accrue to the Democrats’ benefit. But it’s important to do it anyway.