Senate Republicans, or at least some of them, are taking a victory lap for striking a $1 trillion infrastructure deal with the White House. Hurrah! They can now retreat to the sidelines and let Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders negotiate a partisan multi-trillion dollar entitlement expansion that they have made easier to pass.
At least by the narrow terms of the infrastructure deal, the GOP negotiators can take credit for what isn’t in the bill. There’s no tax increase, and the $40 billion subsidy for the IRS in an earlier draft is out. There’s no new infrastructure bank, which …
