The Bill That United the Senate

<p>The Senate passed the largest piece of industrial policy seen in the U.S. in decades on Tuesday, directing about a quarter of a trillion dollars to bolster high-tech industries.</p><p>In an era where lawmakers can’t seem to agree on anything, why did they come together for this?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-e-sanger">David E. Sanger</a>, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times. </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>The Daily is doing a live online event: We follow up with students and faculty from our series Odessa. And we hear from the team who made the documentary. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/The-Daily-covid-graduation.html">Times subscribers can join us June 10</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/us/politics/china-bill-passes.html"> wide margin of support in the Senate</a> reflects a sense of urgency among lawmakers in both parties about shoring up the technological and industrial capacity of the United States.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>