Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Democrats Don’t Need Virus-Relief Compromise

There’d be no political benefit to settling for less than their $1.9 trillion bill just to pick up a handful of Senate Republican votes.

March 3, 2021 at 12:30 PM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

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.

Just count the votes.
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The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill is arriving at the Senate floor, and it appears that Democrats have the votes.