Strict party line votes. A package twists the definition of infrastructure beyond recognition. Here is the president from his inauguration address promising unity. [video clip] pres. Biden this, bringing america together, uniting our people, uniting our nation, and i ask every american to join me in this cause. [applause] uniting to fight the foes we face, anger, resentment, and hatred, asked extremism, lawlessness, violence, disease, joblessness, and hopelessness. With unity, we can do great things, important things. We can right wrongs we could put people to work in the good jobs. We can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome the deadly virus. We can reward work and rebuild the middle class and make health care secure for all. We can live a racial justice. And we can make america once again a leading force for good in the world. I know speaking of unity can feel like a fantasy these days. I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But i also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the american ideal, that we all are created equal, and the harsh ugly reality of racism, nativism, fear, demonization have long torn us apart. Victory is never assured. Through civil war, their great depression, world war, 911, struggles, sacrifices, our better angels have always prevailed. In each of these moments, enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward. And we can do that now. History, faith, and reason show the way. The way of unity. We can see each other not as adversaries, but as neighbors. Treat each other with dignity and respect. Join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge. And unity is the path forward

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