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Senate Departs for 3-Day Weekend as Unemployment Benefits Expire for 30 Million
More than 25,000,000 unemployed Americans are about to lose their extra unemployment benefits.
GOP Floats Slashing Boosted Unemployment Payments to $100 Per Week
Enhanced unemployment benefits are set to expire just as the federal eviction moratorium comes to an end.
McConnell Laughs When Asked If COVID Relief Bill Will Pass by End of Next Week
Benefits are set to expire next week for around 30 million Americans thrown out of work by the pandemic.
Senate GOP’s COVID Plan May Raid Social Security and Cut Unemployment Benefits
The plan being crafted could include a cut to the payroll tax -- a funding mechanism for Social Security and Medicare.
Sanders Calls on “Do-Nothing” Senate to Pass Sweeping COVID Stimulus Legislation
Sanders urged the Senate to approve relief that includes $2,000 monthly checks, rent cancellation and expanded Medicare.
McConnell Vows to Block Benefits While Pushing Corporate Legal Immunity
The GOP is attempting to guarantee that companies are not held accountable for endangering the health of employees.
Mnuchin Wants to Deny Unemployment to Workers Who Stay Home Due to COVID Risk
Fear of contracting COVID — which has killed nearly 100,000 Americans — doesn't suffice for unemployment, Mnuchin says.
Trump Is Willing to Let Boosted Unemployment Expire for 36 Million Out of Work
President Trump told GOP senators on Tuesday that he is willing to let expanded unemployment expire at the end of July.
Employers in Ohio Urged to Snitch on Workers Who Stay Home to Avoid COVID-19
As Ohio reopens, officials are saying that avoiding a deadly pandemic is not a sufficient reason to stay home from work.
Over 70 Percent of Jobless Americans Didn’t Receive March Unemployment Benefits
The problem is worse in Southeastern states like Florida, where fewer than 8 percent of applicants received benefits.