Stimulus Negotiations Update Unemployment
Update on negotiations over the next round of covid 19 relief.
Stimulus negotiations update unemployment. Health care workers raise alarms as covid 19 cases surge. December 17 2020 3 36 am. Throughout negotiations in congress many were arguing for greater support matching or even exceeding the 1 200 checks that were included in the first stimulus package.
The 600 federal unemployment benefit expired on friday. Stimulus negotiations signal unemployment changes. The major tenets of the gop plan which mcconnell describes as tailored and targeted are another round of 1 200 stimulus checks a reduction of the expanded federal unemployment payments.
Biden pushes for a third check 400 unemployment money more. 600 stimulus payments are going out now through jan. Officials in washington have yet to reach a compromise on a second.
Deal reached on covid economic relief the federal government will also add an additional 300 per week in unemployment benefits to the amount doled out by the. The first round of stimulus checks is months in the past for most people. Since the 900 billion stimulus bill that includes the second stimulus check won t be altered the irs and us treasury will continue to.
Now president joe biden will start work on the next economic stimulus and relief package.