President Joe Biden started the week in disastrous fashion, losing some face with the Virginia governor's election results, inability of Democrats to pass the two budget bills and lackluster appearance at COP26 in Glasgow. More than 100,000 marched in the host city. Angry at mostly old and white males who have been unable for decades to fashion any kind of meaningful climate agreement, this more youthful and female crowd was there to make that point, led by Greta Thunberg. Terrific and necessary, but I don't think it will do much to spur real action. Returning to Biden, all of a sudden at the end of a long Friday night for the U.S. House of Representatives, the $1 trillion bi-partisan infrastructure bill passed . The Senate had long ago also okayed the measure, so now he is organizing a signing session this week involving important Republicans. Meanwhile, the $1.85 trillion social welfare and environmental package, now up to 2135 pages long, is ...
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