Stimulus Update Today 2020 Unemployment
President elect joe biden released the details of his 1 9 trillion stimulus plan thursday which will include more unemployment checks.
Stimulus update today 2020 unemployment. Also includes in the package is a third stimulus check a. December 29 2020 11 18 am pst a 900 billion stimulus bill passed into law on sunday will along with other programs provide extended and enhanced unemployment benefits to millions of americans. 28 2020 a bill that would have amended the dec.
Some 885 000 people filed for unemployment for the first time the week ending dec. The pandemic unemployment compensation puc which had provided 600 a week to jobless workers until it expired in july will be renewed with weekly benefits of 300. 11 more weeks of unemployment benefits the stimulus bill will extend both the pua and peuc programs for 11 weeks as well as top up regular state benefits with an extra 300 in weekly jobless aid.
Lawmakers struck a roughly 900 billion covid 19 stimulus deal that includes another round of stimulus checks and badly needed jobless benefits for struggling americans ending a long standoff in. Altogether 20 6 million americans were receiving some kind of jobless aid through nov. 2020 stimulus package signed by former president donald trump to bump the 600 upper limit of the second.
Jobless americans won t lose out on any benefits in the 900 billion stimulus deal even though president donald trump did not sign it into law until sunday.