Biden administration WON'T extend $300 weekly unemployment benefits past September 6 and will instead urge states to use the remainder of their COVID relief Daily Mail/UK, Aug 20, 2021
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh made the announcement on President Joe Biden's behalf in a Thursday letter to Congress.
*The federal unemployment boost has already been extended twice
*It was first passed under Donald Trump in the March 2020 CARES Act
*More than two dozen states have already ended the extra unemployment funds
*Some moderate Democrats signaled they wouldn't support an extension
*Republican lawmakers and governors think the relief discourages workers
*Biden is encouraging states still struggling with COVID to dip into their American Rescue Plan allocations to keep payments going
The Biden administration will not be extending a $300 weekly unemployment boost that's set to expire on September 6th and is encouraging states that want to continue them to dip into their existing COVID relief funds, Biden Cabinet officials revealed Thursday.
As President Biden has said, the boost was always intended to be temporary and it is appropriate for that benefit boost to expire,' Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said in a letter to Congress.
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