Their complaints could upend a bill crafted over several days of intense negotiations.
relief bill the Senate will soon vote on would offer too much money to people who lose their jobs.
“This bill pays you more not to work than if you are working,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said at a press conference on Wednesday. In normal times, unemployment insurance recipients are required to search for jobs and not reject offers that are comparable in pay to their previous positions. A bill Congress passed last week encouraged states to suspend those rules, however, as part of the government’s effort to encourage people to stay home so they don’t spread the coronavirus.
The extra benefits would only last for four months and would indeed encourage people to stay home instead of looking for work. For some workers, the $600 boost could push their total benefit above what they previously earned from their jobs.Democrats came up with the $600 figure because it’s roughly the difference between the average unemployment benefit and the average weekly wage, which was $981 in February.
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