'I've been very disappointed on both sides of the aisle that we've just simply allowed pandemic unemployment assistance to completely lapse,' she said.
that she plans to propose legislation that would extend federal pandemic unemployment programs until February of next year.
Benefits have been extended three times over the course of the pandemic with the last extension occurring last March. Through these programs, the federal government has distributed over $800 billion to families across the country. In a report issued earlier this week by the U.S. Census, data showed that the Supplemental Poverty Measure, a value determining poverty status,. Experts attributed this shift in part to the relief benefits tied to the pandemic.
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