<p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tag/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a><span><span> </span>promised to be the country’s Unifier in Chief, emphasizing his history as a consensus builder. But the first major bill of his Administration, the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan, passed with no Republican votes in the House or the Senate. Republicans remain wary of his recently announced $2.3-trillion infrastructure plan. These<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/have-the-democrats-begun-a-new-era-of-big-government">two bills</a><span> propose to </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-populism/bidens-new-deal-and-the-future-of-human-capital">fundamentally reorder</a><span><span> </span>the American economy without substantive participation from Republicans. </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/john-cassidy">John Cassidy</a><span>, a<span> </span></span><em>New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>staff writer, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Biden’s latest economic plan and the real<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/is-biden-really-the-second-coming-of-fdr-and-lbj">Trojan horse</a><span><span> </span>of the Administration.</span></p>
Joe Biden promised to be the country’s Unifier in Chief, emphasizing his history as a consensus builder. But the first major bill of his Administration, the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan, passed with no Republican votes in the House or the Senate. Republicans remain wary of his recently announced $2.3-trillion infrastructure plan. These two bills propose to fundamentally reorder the American economy without substantive participation from Republicans. John Cassidy, a New Yorker staff writer, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Biden’s latest economic plan and the real Trojan horse of the Administration.