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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) Whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to extend federal unemployment benefits by executive order remains unclear. Equally up in the air is whether states, which are necessary partners in Trumps plan to bypass Congress, will sign on.
Trump announced an executive order Saturday that extends additional unemployment payments of $400 a week to help cushion the economic fallout of the pandemic. Congress had approved payments of $600 a week at the outset of the coronavirus outbreak, but those benefits expired Aug. 1 and Congress has been unable to agree on an extension. Many Republicans have expressed concern that a $600 weekly benefit, on top of existing state benefits, gives people an incentive to stay unemployed.
But under Trumps plan, the $400 a week requires a state to commit to providing $100.
Many states are already facing budget crunches caused by the pandemic. Asked at a news conference how many governors had signed on to participate, Trump answered: If they dont, they dont. Thats up to them.
https://apnews.com/f67dd310113355f4effe13dfcf4ac3b8
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)MichMan
(11,901 posts)How do they afford it now?
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)at the Country Club was just that.
TheBlackAdder
(28,182 posts).
Most Red States are socialist takers, so they should just sign an affirmation to such.
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