Senate Republicans are moving to cut the expiring $600 weekly federal unemployment bonus to $200 per week in a new coronavirus aid package, according to 3 senior GOP aides familiar with the details.
"The White House is once again showing that it has zero understanding of the desperation of unemployed Americans. My message to Republicans is this: if you think $200 a week is enough to live on, you try it first," he wrote onMichael Zona, a spokesman for Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, would not confirm the details of the unemployment provisions, or other aspects of the bill, on Monday morning.
The issue comes with added urgency as the $600 benefit is slated to expire on July 31, although some states have said that, due to administrative reasons, the last payments would have gone out last weekend if the program is not extended. In addition, a federal moratorium on evictions ended last Friday.
One of the Senate Republican aides doubted that the Democratic-endorsed policy to pay some people more than their previous job did was"a sustainable position."Sahil Kapur
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