It’s unusual for what is done privately and quietly on Capitol Hill to be carried on so brazenly. Yet, that’s what Democrats did in targeting the $2 trillion stimulus bill as if left-wing policies were supposed to be attached to it.

They weren’t, unless you think companies struggling to stay afloat or the millions out of work are in desperate need of imposing Green New Deal standards on airlines or relieving the postal service of its debts. But the bill, drafted by a bipartisan group of senators, was created simply to keep the public alive and well fed during the coronavirus crisis and to revive the economy. The agenda of the Democratic Left was out of bounds.