With bipartisan support, Ukraine is receiving unprecedented military and humanitarian aid to fight Putin’s war.
Beyond Ukraine, you can also discern the shift in a series of recent across-the-aisle agreements. After literally two hundred failed attempts, the Senate passed an anti-lynching law. The Senate has also given sexual misconduct claims firmer legal footing with a new law ending forced arbitration in sexual assault and harassment cases. It also just approved sweeping postal reform, unanimously decided to keep Daylight Savings Time year-round, and has given the green light to long-awaited reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act as part of a massive spending bill.
I’m hearing from Senate staffers that they’re close to bipartisan agreement to strengthen antitrust laws. Also on a measure to expand semiconductor manufacturing in America, as part of a new China competitiveness bill. And another measure to limit the cost of insulin.
Okay, none of this is as dramatic as protecting voting rights or controlling prescription drug costs. But compared to the last few years, it’s extraordinary.
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