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'From bad to worse': GOP reeling from new economic blow
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks to reporters as he walks in the Capitol this week. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
The Economy Is Not a Messaging Problem
The Price of Decisions
The Washington Sun reports that congressional Republicans entered the November campaign burdened by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, fuel-price increases tied to the Iran war, and a Federal Reserve rate hike. Gas averaged nearly $4.50 a gallon nationally, inflation had remained above 3% since the war began, and mortgage rates were approaching 7%. Republican senators responded not with remedies, but with relief that some of them…
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