“We need to complete this work and complete it right away,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said late Thursday. ), who co-authored a $10 billion aid bill earlier this year. Congressional leaders have also said they would provide about $300 a week in additional federal unemployment benefits. Those benefits would last for 10 weeks, rather than the 16 weeks called for in the bipartisan plan released by House and Senate lawmakers earlier this week. The White House had a similar provision in the unilateral action it took over the summer to extend federal unemployment benefits.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2020 13:42 UTC