In a landmark victory for the Trump administration and thousands of incarcerated Americans, the Senate passed the bipartisan First Step Act with a staggering 87 votes. Consider, two years of total Republican control, the federal government failed to build the wall, have Mexico pay for it, or repeal and replace Obamacare. But Trump is slated to sign the most sweeping reforms to prison standards and sentences in a generation before the year’s end.

Democrats quick to spar with the president over his rhetoric and impulses could learn a thing or two on how to navigate the next two years. The First Step Act is Christmas come early not just for those incarcerated, but also for Americans wishing for nonviolent offenders to assimilate back into civil society instead of fall back into recidivism. But it’s not a part of a partisan agenda. And the lack of harsh partisanship could wind up being a feature, not a bug of the Trump administration, if Democrats play their cards right.