With over 33 million Americans joining the ranks of the unemployed in the last 7 weeks, Congress will need to decide soon whether it will continue the $600 expanded unemployment program set to expire by the end of July
in March that gained support called for capping the boosted payment at 100% of what the worker was making before the pandemic. Sen. Ron Wyden , one of the chief architects of the expanded unemployment in the last major stimulus bill, told the“I think there is going to be a need based on the economic conditions at the end of July for the workers to get an additional boost,” Wyden said.The price tag.
on April 22. “Let's weigh this very carefully because the future of our country in terms of the amount of debt that we're adding up is a matter of genuine concern.”Still, most lawmakers from both parties agree that more aid is needed to address the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, even after Congress passed a sweeping
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