Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Pandemic Relief Package Isn’t Just Biden’s

It’s been shaped mainly by shifts in the Democratic coalition and the skill of the party’s legislative leaders.

March 8, 2021 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.

They got it done.
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A few comments about the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, which passed the Senate over the weekend and now heads back to the House of Representatives for what’s expected to be a quick stop on the way to President Joe Biden’s desk: