Simon Bazelton: “As I write this, it’s 6:00 am Eastern time, and 3:00 am on the west coast, where I am. The U.S. Senate is approaching the seventh hour of the ‘vote-a-rama’ process, as they continue to debate the Inflation Reduction Act. The world is asleep, except for the Senators, their staff, a few determined reporters, and a couple politics junkies like me…”
“A few months ago, it looked like Biden was facing a legislatively failed presidency, with little in the way of a lasting legacy on domestic policy. Today, it seems likely that we’re going to get:
- An economic rescue plan that has helped lead to the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years
- A major investment in American infrastructure, that doubled as an impressive display of bipartisanship
- The first significant gun safety legislation in more than a decade
- Electoral Count Act reform, on a bipartisan basis
- A $280 billion dollar investment in semiconductor manufacturing, as well as American science
- The confirmation of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court
- The Inflation Reduction Act
“For a 50-50 Senate, that’s pretty damn impressive.”
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