, Columnist
Republicans Are Settling for Waiting and Seeing
Ideology? Politics? Delusional thinking? It’s hard to understand why the GOP has stopped even trying to boost the coronavirus economy.
Maybe the masks were blocking their eyes.
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With the flood of new U.S. unemployment filings swelling past 40 million this week, the divide between the political parties on economic policy has never been wider.
Democrats in the House have passed $3 trillion of new relief aid and believe much more is needed.