Expanded unemployment benefits for more than 25 million Americans will expire today after negotiations between lawmakers on Capitol Hill broke down, the NY Post reports.
Last month, the House passed a $3 trillion package which would have extended the $600/week federal jobless payment until January 2021, but conservatives in the Senate have refused to pass the measure, insisting that the package should total no more than around $1 trillion.
President Trump stated last night that he wanted "a temporary extension of expanded unemployment benefits ... [to] provide a critical bridge for Americans who have lost their jobs to the pandemic through no fault of their own." However, the Senate adjourned without a final agreement.