What’s happening with the unemployment benefits?
Amid an impasse between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, President Trump signed an executive order on Saturday to restore an …
What’s happening with the unemployment benefits? Amid an impasse between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, President Trump signed an executive order on Saturday to restore an extra $400 to weekly unemployment benefits for millions of Americans jobless because of the coronavirus. The $600 Congress had authorized in the $2.2 trillion spending package passed in March expired at the end of July. The president also said states would be on the hook for a quarter of the $400 amount – or $100.
