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If I had to use one word to describe Jordan Weissman's take on Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion

stimulus package, the word I'd use is giddy.

Yeah, I mean, there's a lot. It's the turkey and all the trimmings.

Jordan covers the economy for slate. He's been pushing Democrats to consider some of

the more progressive measures bundled into this legislation, like a higher minimum wage,

for months at this point. And he's giddy, not just because of what's in this proposed

bill, but because it seems like some version of it actually might pass. Is the palpable

shift the Democrats just seem to be kind of feeling themselves right now?

A little bit, yeah.

It's pretty easy to feel good when you're the party in power, but it's also an adjustment.

Watching Washington debate this stimulus, it's a little like watching dancers trying to

remember the choreography of bipartisanship. A little stilted, a little formal. A group

of 10 Republicans sent President Biden a letter with their counteroffer to his legislation.

And within a day, Biden issued an invitation to the group. They masked up and joined him

in the Oval Office.

And he was sort of like, I think they came out and they said we had a Frank and cordial

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