Republicans threaten to slow walk coronavirus stimulus bill over unemployment provision
By Jordain Carney - 03/25/20 02:36 PM EDT
A group of Republican senators are warning they will oppose fast-tracking a mammoth coronavirus stimulus package as they push for changes to a "drafting error" related to the bill's bolstered unemployment benefits.
Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said there was a "massive drafting error" within the package that would have "devastating consequences."
"Unless this bill is fixed, there is a strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work. ... We must sadly oppose the fast-tracking of this bill until this text is addressed, or the Department of Labor issues regulatory guidance that no American would earn more by not working than by working," the three senators said in a statement.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who joined the other three senators at a press conference on the issue Wednesday, added in a tweet that "we shouldn’t have policies in place that disincentivize people from returning to the workforce."
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