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The Senate is on the edge of proving that bipartisan bills can pass in Congress.  It requires slow, thorough work and negotiation to plow through objections and takeaways for individual lawmakers.  The vote today, if it happens, will be a triumph for President Biden who vowed to labor with senators and representatives to get an infrastructure bill done.  It sends a message to both Houses and to the public that Congress is still relevant in the Democracy and is not just a collection of bickering politicians.  It also sends a message to former president Trump that he cannot always get his way.  Trump has been savaging the bill and Republicans supporting it for weeks.  Biden's response: it can be done.  That written, the next bill, $3.5 trillion, will pass on Democrat-only votes, if at all.  There is a limit to bipartisanship among wrangling lawmakers.