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The recent infrastructure bill represents more than just a legislative victory—it signals a potential return to the kind of bipartisan governance that once flourished. But we shouldn’t get too excited just yet.
The Infrastructure Modernization Act passed with genuine bipartisan support, proving that our elected officials can still put country before party when the stakes are high enough.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth: this cooperation only emerged because infrastructure is politically safe. Roads, bridges, and broadband networks don’t carry the cultural baggage of healthcare, immigration, or climate policy. It’s easy to support fixing potholes—much harder to agree on how to fix democracy itself.
Still, we should celebrate small victories. In an era of deep polarization, even modest cooperation feels monumental. Perhaps that’s exactly what our democracy needs right now—not grand gestures, but incremental progress built on shared interests.