Bottom line: For most recipients of the $600 federal unemployment benefit enhancement, the final checks went out a few days ago. Republicans are, just on Monday, releasing their opening bid, which President Donald Trump's administration is already moving away from in order to pitch a scaled-back proposal Democrats have already rejected. But the biggest issue by far has been trying to structure the GOP's offer on unemployment insurance. How that is done and, with some states, whether it can be done at all, is still an open question. To make it all more complicated: Democrats are opposed to this GOP proposal.

Source: CNN July 27, 2020 13:07 UTC