The White House emphasized Thursday that President Trump
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“As he has done since the start of this pandemic, President Trump wants to provide relief to American workers who have been affected by this virus and one way to do this is with a payroll tax exemption,” said the spokesman for the White House Judd Deere in a statement. statement. “He has asked Congress to approve this earlier and he believes it should be part of any phase four package.”
Work on the next coronavirus relief package is expected to heat up next week, when lawmakers return to Washington after a recess.
Trump has been pushing for a payroll tax cut for months. At a Fox News virtual town hall in May, the president said he had told the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
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But a payroll tax exemption has not been a priority for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Democrats have opposed such a move, and some Republicans have also been great at the idea.
A spokesperson for the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Chuck grassley
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The top Democrat on the panel, the Senator. Ron Wyden
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He said a better course of action would be to extend the improved unemployment benefits that will expire at the end of the month.
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