Still No Deal On Unemployment Benefits After Latest Capitol Hill Meeting Over COVID-19 Relief
expired last week, likely leaving millions in the lurch, top Democrats and Trump administration representatives failed to reach a deal on their extension. told reporters on Monday, an apparent reference to Republican demands that the $600-per-week in enhanced benefits be scaled back. Democrats want an extension of those unemployment benefits through the end of January, and the House passed a $3 trillion bill in May that includes it.
Meanwhile, music industry organizations have been lobbying for provisions that would close a loophole that has left out artists whose income is a mix of regular employment and independent contracting. Mnuchin said that last week, they offered to extend the existing benefit for seven days as negotiations for a broader relief package continued. But Democrats rejected the seven-day extension.on Sunday, Mnuchin said that they proposed the one-week extension but Democrats are “insistent on having this as part of a larger deal.” A larger deal would encompass relief to state and local governments, expansion of testing, and money for hospitals and schools, among other things.
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