A lot of the credit for this effort goes to your personal nemesis and punching bag, Joe Biden, who has insisted from day one that they go big, and has gone on record repeatedly as saying that if anything, the $1.9 billion bill is too small.

Sometimes we learn from our mistakes. In this case, the Republican Party is like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. This time, Charlie Brown isn't falling for it:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/democrats-agenda-coronavirus-economy.html