it is basically how the week is ending. democrats know more than they did monday. progressives proved they can hold the line, and the senate conservatives are engaged. now, are the democrats closer to their goal of passing both biden packages, infrastructure and the safety net? still hard to say as the week ends. as a pandemic and a biden stimulus passing over $3 trillion in new spending was not going to be quick or easy. it is a massive amount of money. you know, it is hard to imagine a million dollars, let alone a billion. people talk about the three comma club of the rare people with billions and that's a lot of money. then you try to think about a trillion. well, a trillion is 1,000 billion, and biden is talking about over three of those, 3,000 billions. forget the billionaires. this is big time. this is the four comma club. to paraphrase the atlanta poet