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Unlike many other significant anti-poverty measures passed by Congress in history, this one has a short time horizon, with almost all the relief for families going away over the coming year. That could be an abrupt awakening for Americans who have grown accustomed to financial support since Congress moved swiftly to create a stronger safety net at the start of the pandemic a year ago. It also lacks the bipartisan imprint of former President Trump's bills, which directed money in larger measure to companies as well as individuals.

"The direct sponsor does all the leg work, doing the hard and tedious task of sorting wheat from chaff. Statistics I've seen suggest that something like 2 out of 3,000 deals that a funded sponsor looks at will be funded. I don't have numbers on fundless sponsors, but it has to be worse.  That's a lot of chaff.  A"