Senate Democrats on Friday evening struck a deal to increase unemployment insurance in President Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, which, according to a Senate aide, suspended other proceedings for about nine hours.
Why it’s important: The Senate may now resume voting on other amendments to the Comprehensive Defense Bill.
- Sen. J Manchin (W. V.) backed his party’s proposal for emergency unemployment benefits, after hesitating to support the previous version.
- Helping unemployed Americans is an issue that is shared among progressives, hoping to help those who lost their jobs during the epidemic, and Manchin and his fellow mediators, who have sought to cut costs from the larger law.
Big picture: Democrats now Sept. Through through every week. 300 will introduce an increase in unemployment insurance. A bill passed by the House moved the program forward on the 29th of August.
- The deal also provides tax relief to those who receive unemployment insurance from the program by receiving the first $ 10,200 for households with an income of 150,000.
What they are saying: “The president supports the compromise agreement and is grateful to all senators for reaching this conclusion,” White House Press Secretary Jane Sasaki said in a statement Friday night.
- “Most importantly, this agreement allows us to move forward on the urgently needed American rescue plan with a relief check of 00 1400, funding we need to end the vaccine rollout, open our schools, help people suffering from epidemics, and more.”
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