- President Donald Trump did not sign the latest coronavirus relief law before midnight on Saturday, which would provide workers with a week’s wage of 300 federal unemployment benefits a week.
- State agencies can only distribute benefits for the week the bill is enacted, meaning that unemployment benefits due to delays will be distributed for 10 weeks instead of the intended 11.
- As two federal programs ended on Saturday, nearly 14 million Americans also lost their unemployment benefits.
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President Donald Trump did not sign the latest coronavirus relief law by midnight on Saturday, which would cost unemployed workers under pay at least a week of federal 300 federal unemployment benefits.
Trump suggested he could reject the week 900 billion stimulus package, which passes both chambers of Congress earlier this week, unless it includes a તપાસ 2,000 stimulus investigation for Americans.
The bill currently includes a 300 600 verification with a weekly federal unemployment insurance of 300.
Trump said to Trump, “I just want our great people to get ૦૦ 500, more than the 600 600 that’s in the bill now. Put billions of dollars in ‘pork,’ Tweeted Saturday morning.
The president has not made it clear whether he will sign the law, but the delay has put other federal aid programs at risk and could prove costly for Americans whose unemployment benefits were due to resume on December 26.
By not signing the bill before the end of Saturday, Trump has effectively reduced the federal 300 federal unemployment benefits week for employed people, according to National Employment Law Project policy expert Michelle Evermore.
But he warned that it would be difficult to project without federal guidance on how the holdup would affect other unemployment programs.
“I’m not entirely sure how this will be interpreted – in a very short time, we’re losing $ 300 a week,” Evermore told Insider. “No matter, if he doesn’t sign, the next week he goes for an additional 300 for 10 weeks.”
The federal 300 federal unemployment supplement included in the bill is due to expire on March 14, a date that will not change depending on which bill actually becomes law.
Depending on when the bill is signed, labor agencies may resume payments during the first week of January. Because states cannot provide benefits until the week before the bill is approved, the 11 300 supplement will only be for 11 weeks, instead of the intended 11.
Nearly 14 million people are at risk of losing unemployment benefits, as Saturday was the last day that the two federal unemployment programs share their payments. They are therapeutic unemployment assistance for those who are unable to eliminate state benefits for those who support the irregularity of troubles and emergency unemployment compensation for epidemics.
Including in Saturday’s tweet One sent hours before midnight, Trump has again called for the relief bill to be included in the high-stimulus investigation.
Trump may still sign the package in the following days, although he has not indicated whether he will do so.