DEVELOPING: Negotiations between top Democrats and the Trump admin. on coronavirus relief have hit a standstill, guaranteeing that millions of people will lose critical unemployment benefits on Friday — with no clear path ahead for a new aid package.
“I think they understand that we have to have a bill, but they just don't realize how big it has to be,” Pelosi said.
The expiration of the $600-per-week bonus stood to cause weekly unemployment payments to fall by almost two-thirds across the country. Average weekly state unemployment benefits in the United States are about $340, according to the latest data from the Department of Labor. Meanwhile, divisions between Senate Republicans and the administration continued to deepen. The administration signaled Friday that liability protection, a top priority for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was not a critical goal.
The president also called this week for an extension of a moratorium on evictions, which is set to expire as August rents come due, although Meadows has not said whether the White House believes all renters should be covered, or just some. Democrats support a broad evictions ban, but Senate Republicans excluded it from their bill.
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