States can keep augmenting jobless benefits with federal stimulus funds: Biden
The Biden White House on Thursday said states that want to provide extra jobless benefits to the unemployed beyond a September cutoff can continue to do so by drawing on previously approved federal stimulus funds.
The federal program provides up to $300 extra each week in jobless benefits and also allows self-employed workers to receive compensation. Before the pandemic they were never eligible.The Biden administration has determined that $350 billion in relief money allocated to states and localities in March under a $1.9 trillion stimulus package can be used to pay for unemployment benefits, according to a letter sent to the Senate by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh.
“The delta variant may also pose short-term challenges to local economies and labor markets,” the letter also said. A survey by Morning Consult recently found that nearly 2 million people said extra benefits were the main reason they were able to afford to stay unemployed.
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