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美国的下一项与新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠状病毒病）相关的刺激法案在本周引发政治争论，这是已成为美国政坛、尤其是特朗普政府时期的共和党通病的一切功能失调的缩影。共和党人打算在未来几天内提出他们自己的救助方案（民主党人两个月前就这么做了），但他们内部无法就如何稳定美国manbetx20客户端下载 达成一致。在短暂的manbetx20客户端下载 反弹之后，由于新冠病例再次激增，美国manbetx20客户端下载 似乎将再次下行，唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)已承认：“情况可能在好转之前先变糟。”。