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Pelosi, Schumer, Meadows and Mnuchin are reportedly still in Pelosi’s office – where they have been for the past two hours negotiating the coronavirus relief bill. As the tense negotiations drag on, new numbers from the labor department have heaped on pressure.
The department reported than another 1.18m people filed for unemployment last week. The number of claims is beginning to slow after two weeks of increases. But the urgency to finalize a deal could mount further tomorrow when the department is expected to report how many jobs were created in July.
For the Associated Press, Sarah Skidmore Sell and Paul Wiseman interviewed some of the Americans who have been collecting the extra $600-per-week jobless benefit that lawmakers are debating:
Some Republicans in Congress argue that the extra $600 in unemployment benefits is so generous that it is discouraging people from going back to work. Several university studies have cast doubt on that. Economists and labor experts say that the benefits certain jobs carry, such as health care, can be enough for people to go back to work even if the pay is low.
Bethany Racobs-Ashford, the makeup artist with two small children, said the $600 had been a “lifeline.”
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