Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Democrats Stop Playing the Politics of Fiscal Restraint

Biden’s $1.9 trillion virus-relief plan makes it official: Now neither party cares much about budget deficits.

January 15, 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.

And that was a year ago.
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President-elect Joe Biden rolled out his first big legislative priority in a Thursday night speech: A $1.9 trillion virus-fighting and economic bailout package.