Why Biden’s bipartisan bet on infrastructure has paid off — so far
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he is “100%" focused on stopping President Joe Biden’s agenda — and yet he voted with every Senate Democrat last week to set the stage for passing a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would be a major political win for the White House.
He wasn’t alone. Sixteen other Republicans opted to advance the legislation — in the face of multiple missives from former President Donald Trump urging them to block it.
At a moment of such intense partisanship, this momentary alignment of incentives for Democrats and Republicans, set to vote in the coming days to pass the approximately $1-trillion package out of the Senate, is the Washington equivalent of a total eclipse. However rare and fleeting, Republicans and Democrats believe they
