As schools close, offices clear out, and sporting events are canceled across the...
WASHINGTON - As schools close, offices clear out, and sporting events are canceled across the United States, a familiar Washington problem - partisan gridlock - threatened on Thursday to derail the U.S. government’s ability to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
But one key part of the Democrats’ package - paid sick leave for workers who currently lose wages when they stay home due to illness - would be permanent. Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to pass a nationwide sick-leave benefit since 2004. Public-health advocates warn that the disease could spread more quickly if sick workers do not have the ability to get paid while they recover at home.
Some 700,000 childless, able-bodied adults are due to lose their benefits if they are not working or enrolled in training, under a new rule due to take effect on April 1.
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