Trump Stimulus Walk-Away Spurs Alarm, Applause: Congress Reacts
- Vulnerable Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s move
- Moderate Democrats highlight real need for aid back home
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Centrist members of both parties bemoaned President Donald Trump’s abrupt move to end negotiations on another round of fiscal stimulus to help a U.S. economy battered by the coronvirus pandemic.
Some moderate Republicans running for re-election on the ballot with an unpopular president broke with Trump and urged a return to negotiations. Opponents of another giant aid package after the $2 trillion approved in March cast blame instead on Democratic leaders for failing to come further down from their $2.2 trillion offer.