Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Who Won and Lost in the Stimulus Bill?

Democrats get relief for the poor while the president gets a boost for his business.

December 21, 2020 at 12:30 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

One last grift.
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I got one wrong. In the deal reached Sunday on the pandemic relief and stimulus bill, it appears that President Donald Trump successfully negotiated for one of his priorities: the return of the three-martini lunch. The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein has the details: