Title: April 27, 2020 News Clips

The approach could prove far more expensive and less effective than an ambitious, considered strategy for addressing the pandemic. But partisan divisions have made agreeing on such a plan all but impossible in Congress, which by its nature is better at responding to crises than preventing them or mapping paths to recovery. “Congress has always been a reactive institution,” said Joshua C. Huder, “It rarely looks forward.” The $484 billion relief measure that President Trump signed on Friday is a vivid example.

Joshua C. Huder is a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute.