Goodbye, extra $600: Unemployed workers should not get benefits greater than their old wages in next stimulus bill, Mnuchin says
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that the Trump administration wants to cap enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus package to make sure workers do not get benefits amounting to more than their former wages.
Critics claim companies are experiencing difficulty in recruitment, despite a national unemployment rate above 11%. The add-on expires in late July. Mnuchin said he that and Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, talked with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday and that their goal was to pass the next coronavirus aid bill between July 20 and the end of the month.
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