How Biden Can Pass His Agenda

Jonathan Chait: “The Democrats won the presidency, but they don’t have what a parliamentary system would call a ‘government.’ Even if they win both Georgia Senate seats in the runoffs, they’ll have just 50 Senate seats and will need to rely on moderates to supply the deciding votes, with little prospect for ending the filibuster and no margin for error. If Joe Biden is to pass any major legislation, he needs to lure Republicans who have neither an ideological incentive to support any progressive reforms nor an ideological incentive to help him succeed.”

“There’s just one big lure Biden can offer for their votes: tax cuts for the rich. It’s a price he should be willing to pay.”