Covid-era unemployment benefits will expire in three weeks, and President Joe Biden will not push to extend them — but he wants some economically depressed states to fill in the gaps.
President Joe Biden will not push to extend federal Covid-era unemployment assistance after it expires in three weeks, administration officials said Thursday, but the president is urging some hard-hit states to fill in the gap and use federal aid money to continue offering extra benefits to their jobless residents.AFP via Getty ImagesBiden thinks the economy is strong enough for the federal government’s $300-a-week boost to unemployment checks to run out on its Sept.
6 expiration date, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Marty WalshStill, the president believes “it may make sense” for states with higher-than-average jobless rates to extend some of the federal government’s other enhanced benefits beyond early September, including expanding who’s eligible for unemployment and allowing jobless people to stay on unemployment rolls for more weeks.
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