With the exception of the American Recovery Act, which was profoundly controversial and partisan here, Congress has utterly and completely abnegated its role to conduct the kind of fiscal policy that classical economics and most economists would say we should have done.
Himes criticizes Congress for neglecting its fiscal policy responsibilities since the 2008 crisis.
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