Talks between the administration and Democratic leadership on a path forward for a COVID-19 relief bill collapsed, with both parties leaving negotiations citing no measured progress toward an agreement and no plans for a future meeting.
White House officials and top Democrats are set to meet as they remain at odds over extending the $600 weekly unemployment benefits that expired in July.
"The Chief of Staff and I will recommend to the president, based upon our lack of activity today, to move forward with some executive orders," Mnuchin said.Meadows told reporters that the executive orders would come this weekend. It is not clear exactly what these orders will involve, but Mnuchin said that individuals receiving unemployment insurance will not receive a full $600 a week in unemployment benefits as was the case under the previous coronavirus relief package. On Friday, Mnuchin seemed to point to the Senate GOP bill that he helped negotiate which cuts the federal unemployment insurance benefit to $200 a week through roughly September and then those benefits would be set at 70% or a worker’s lost wages.
MORE: White House officials signal coronavirus relief negotiations will cease if an agreement is not reached by Friday White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speak to members of the press after a meeting at the office of Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 7, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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