Playbook: “Here’s an amazing factoid: almost two weeks into the talks aimed at producing a Covid relief bill: The two sides have not resolved a single issue. Let us say this another way: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have not come to complete agreement on anything with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.”
“There’s an axiom in legislative politics that we oftentimes chuckle about: Nothing’s agreed to until everything is agreed to. That’s fair.”
“In this case, nothing is agreed to because many of the main power centers have been unbending in these talks, and are particularly convinced of the wisdom of their arguments and positions.”
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