Why Republicans Should Give Biden His Infrastructure Deal
Opposition to bipartisan policy now will make progressive policy more likely later.
Peace, or at least a few roads and bridges, in our time?
Source: The Washington Post
President Joe Biden has proved himself fairly desperate to get a deal with Senate Republicans on infrastructure. Now he appears to have one — and they ought to take yes for an answer.
As of this writing, negotiators from the two parties have an agreement on a bipartisan infrastructure framework, or BIF. And while they got the Republican votes necessary to overcome a overcome a Senate filibuster, there is no clear clear sign of Republican support in the House, where an absence of bipartisanship would leave open the possibility of left-wing defections. So there’s still plenty of opportunity for things to fall apart.