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handle is hein.amenin/aeiadeo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points Conservatives an lir(er trians have cnticized congar sonal Republi ans for responding to the coronavirus panermrc wtn ceficit-fnancer stim uus S Whi e the deficit is ro doubt an issue that deserves more atention, Repuicarn responses---- particularly the effrt s to prop up the business comn rity-ar in keeping w the party's long-estabished ideoogay. S hince its rounding, the Republican Part' has .ad a close connection to ArnerIcan Ousiness, and, viewed in this light, Is response to the cornavirus is consistert with party orthodoxy. On iarch 2 2020, the Houe of Representatives passed the Coronaverus Ald ehf, and EonoirC Security (CARES) Act via a voice vote, The bill amaoun tedr trllions of d llars in aid ior hospitals, businesses, and in dividuals affected by the corona- virus. A overvhehming rmajnrity of mmbers -----left, right, and center-supported the initiative, but it was not runrnous. Rep. Justin Amash (L--Mil, a Republican turned Libertarian who opposed the bill, took to Twitoer to blast his former GOP colleagues for hypocrisy. . ist ten years after the TIa Party movement, he wrote, Republicans in Congress are defending a $5o billlon corporate welfare furd for a se'lect group or large companies. ThIs vie w--tha- Republicans had betrayed thekr principles by supporting a large, deficit-financed relief package---is hardiy the rmajoriry opinion the right, but it is ncvcrthcless worth asking if it is true. Just as there are no atheists in fioAioles, are there no economic conservatives in a national crisis:` The ansse - inevitably depends on how' one defines the phrase eC toiC conservatism. As Anash under-- stands it, it inplies a commitment to iainimal gov- ernirent involvement in the econonr, regardless of the circumances, Anasa's view, while no doubt honestly? held and certainly worth consideration, has 'aver been. the dominant understanding of eco- nomic conservatism in the Republican Party. And while conservativism can mean virtualiy anything to anrybodly at any point in time, there is a volumi- nous lais tri:a record of speeches, party platforrms, and laws that clearly establishes the paraneters of Republican orthodoxy on eccianomic conservatism. Republican economics, as we might understand it, has had a strong and consistent orientation toward business. It sees the success of American business as the key to national unity, domestic prosperity, ano in.tcrnational scnnrity. In thiat view, supporting business is an essential governmen function. The party has never really advocated for

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