Party that won election to govern

Fortunately, it looks like Senate Dems aren’t going to let a bad faith decoy offer from the Gang of Collins meant to stall the process from using the same procedural mechanisms Republicans use to pass bad and unpopular legislation to pass popular and urgently needed legislation:

Democrats are moving now to fast-track a Covid relief package.If Republicans want to come along, great. Democrats are arguing Republicans can vote for budget reconciliation. If Republicans don’t like the plan, they can keep talking to the White House, but the underlying takeaway from the meeting on Monday night — and all the messages from the White House in the days before that — is the President is only willing to negotiate so much. Republicans’ $618 billion proposal with no state and local funding is not going to cut it. Period.Bottom line: President Joe Biden has the House. Biden has the Senate. He has a procedural process that gives him the chance to pass a $1.9 trillion relief package with just Democratic votes and conveniently, it’s a process that Republicans used just four years ago to jam through a tax plan and try to repeal Obamacare.

1. They aren’t doing anything Republicans haven’t done.

2. Their plan is going to be popular with voters and no one is going to care how they got there.

Correct, and correct.

Meanwhile, I am pleased to inform you that The Daily Beast has put the latest Matt Lewis monument to bad faith, “Biden’s About to Steamroll the GOP. Here’s Why That’s Wrong,” behind a paywall. I have no idea who on Earth they think is going to pay for this shit, but I applaud them from doing their little bit to prevent someone in this country from being made a little stupider.