Michael R. Strain, Columnist

Keep Your Eye on the Ball, Republicans

Don’t let dogma or Trump stymie vital coronavirus economic relief. Here are some goals to aim for.

July 27, 2020 at 12:40 PM EDT

Michael R. Strain is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is director of economic policy studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of “The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It).”

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Senate Republicans are in conspicuous disarray following last week’s failed effort to unify behind a package of economic recovery measures.

In part, that’s because Republican senators are too deferential to a chaotic White House. Many GOP lawmakers also question whether the economy needs a fourth round of relief legislation to address the economic collapse caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and whether additional spending would be effective.

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