Will the order hold up in court?
Millions of unemployed residents could see $400 a week more in their weekly unemployment payments — possibly by the end of the month — thanks to the executive order President Donald Trump signed Saturday.Experts have raised questions whether Trump’s action will withstand likely legal challenges — spending is supposed to originate in Congress — but Trump maintained he’s not concerned.
Trump’s order would partly revive a benefit the nation’s unemployed workers had received from late March until late July. He announced his plan at a news conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, saying that states would pay 25% of the cost of the new unemployment benefit. The federal government, which had paid for the entire $600 benefit, would pay the rest.
Story continuesDemocrats immediately fired back, saying the Trump order was flawed. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said he had heard “grave concerns from states about this proposal and they are simply going to opt out. Their budgets have been crushed. They cannot afford a 25 percent match.”
Asked why he settled on $400, Trump said “This gives them a great incentive to go back to work...there was difficulty with the 600 number because it really was a disincentive.” The unemployment benefit is often cited by economists as one of the most effective ways of stimulating a sluggish economy.
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