Republicans versus the IMF - the battle continues

IT DID not come as a big surprise to anyone that in the US government Bill recently approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives there was no funding for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), just as Representative Hal Rogers from Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, had made clear a few days earlier.

Similarly, the House and the Senate (that will remain under Democratic control until the end of the year) working together…