Responding to a potential temporary extension, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday in a statement that “Republicans have had months to propose a plan for extending supercharged unemployment benefits, and they still have nothing to offer,” according to NBC News. The senator previously proposed a plan to phase out the $600 per week benefit as state unemployment rates fall.
Unemployment insurance is only one of the thorny issues the Republican-held Senate and Democratic-controlled House aim to hash out in the next coronavirus aid bill. Lawmakers will also have to decide how to handle direct payments to individuals, aid for state and local governments, funding to help schools reopen, rent and mortgage assistance, and liability protections for doctors and businesses.
Republicans hope to keep the cost of the package around $1 trillion, though Democrats have argued that level of spending would be insufficient.
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