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Is the Stimulus Bill Really Dead This Time?
It seems irrational. But there’s a certain logic to the Republicans’ opposition.
Method to the madness?
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The stimulus bill seems to be more dead than ever — I’ll get into exactly how dead in a bit — but the real question is why it’s dead. And the answer seems to be: because many Republicans didn’t want a deal, and the rest weren’t willing to endorse a compromise that would’ve split the party.