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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the possibility of a short-term extension of federal jobless benefits during her news conference on Thursday, taking a hard line in demanding that Congress approve a large-scale stimulus package that the White House has so far rejected.
"We're not having a short-term extension," Pelosi said when asked if Democrats are ruling out an interim extension of the lapsed federal unemployment enhancement if talks collapse, a signal that restoring the benefit will be contingent on the White House and Democrats cutting a broader deal, which so far remains elusive with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows saying recently that the two sides are "trillions of dollars apart."
The federal enhanced benefit program was set up to provide an additional $600 a week to individuals receiving regular state unemployment benefits and was meant as an added boost to help blunt the economic fallout from the pandemic. It has now expired, however, as negotiators remain at an impasse over disagreements over the scope, scale and details of a new stimulus measure, sparking fears that a deal may not be reached at all.
Pelosi on Thursday indicated no willingness to back off the demand for restoring the benefits to the level of $600 a week. "We have said that we are going to have the $600," she said, adding, "They know that we want the $600."
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brush
(53,475 posts)Wonder if those who try to take her job would've taken the repugs shitty deal?
duforsure
(11,882 posts)trump is suppose to be a successful businessman but who is too stupid to understand if he implemented the House bill she passed it would boost the economy , jobs, and save untold small businesses from going bankrupt, and make him look good. He can't even contain this virus let alone run a good economy, and thinks people want more of this? What a moron.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)They aren't going to be rewarded this time for letting an urgent situation descend into a crisis. As Sen. Brown said, I don't know what McConnell was doing for the last two months, but it wasn't legislating. Democrats aren't going to bargain against themselves this time. It's time for Republicans to step up, if they can.