$600 a week in unemployment benefits put in place to help Americans who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic is set to expire at the end of July, but lawmakers are at odds over additional aid for the tens of millions of individuals who are still out of work.Despite a better-than-expected May jobs report, which showed the unemployment rate actually dropped to 13.3 percent, both political parties appear to agree that another round of relief measures for workers and businesses is necessary.
Still, they’re divided over specific policy measures, including whether or not to continue providing boosted jobless payments.In the span of three months, more than 44 million Americans lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus-induced.