Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

With the Economy Tanking, Republicans Stall

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are delaying further stimulus measures, even as millions lose their jobs. Why?

June 5, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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After two months of taking a “wait and see” approach to the economic cataclysm brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans have settled on more waiting and more seeing. By the time you read this, you may know whether unemployment is above or below 20%, a catastrophic number.