- In addition to the coronavirus stimulus payments that millions of Americans are still waiting to receive from the IRS, a group of congressmen has proposed a new stimulus kind of economic benefit as a result of the pandemic.
- The benefit would extend the already extra $600 per week that the unemployed can access indefinitely, for the remainder of the coronavirus crisis.
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As massive as the $2.2 trillion stimulus legislation that Congress passed at the end of March was — partly because it needed to include billions of dollars to support direct cash payments to Americans to help them deal with the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic — pretty much everyone is in agreement. It’s only scratched the surface of what needs to be done legislatively, which should tell you a lot about the mind-boggling size of the catastrophe facing the country right now because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The pandemic has wrecked the lives of individuals, businesses, cities, and states, and among its many consequences, another 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment last week.
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New policy could extend $600 a week unemployment benefit indefinitely originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 7 May 2020 at 17:01:20 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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