Much fuss is rightly being made about the fact that senators from both parties are joining forces in Washington to develop a plan for infrastructure projects that has the prospect of majorities in both chambers.
Such bipartisan cooperation has unfortunately become rare.
The prelude to the establishment of a committee to investigate the events surrounding the storming of the Capitol on January 6, and the initial hearings have shown how wide and how deep the rifts are between the parties.
The shadow of Donald Trump rests on the Republicans.
It is so long and difficult that the few dissidents in the party must be respected.
A success for Biden
What has now been put on the legislative path is not in line with the plan that President Biden presented months ago.
Regardless of its price tag and the numerous individual items that went beyond traditional infrastructure projects: If you want to win at least a handful of Republicans and not lose any centrists in your own camp - which gives them a strong position in the negotiation process - then it quickly becomes clear why the draft is significantly less is lush and ambitious.
President Biden should get over it.
For him, the modernization of the country's often ailing infrastructure has priority.
And he wants to prove that bipartisan initiatives are still possible.
Other things will come later.