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Some pandemic aid for the jobless and for renters may end soon. Here s what you need to know.
Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2020
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Tenants of the Woodner in Washington, D.C., protest unsafe living conditions exacerbated by management s poor handling of the coronavirus crisis.Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey.
WASHINGTON - As Democrats and Republicans in Congress continue to wrestle over the details of a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, legislators are working against hard deadlines that could send millions spiraling into economic disaster.
The economic policies passed with the Cares Act have served as life support for Americans displaced by the pandemic s devastating sweep. As many as 40 million - or 1 in 4 Americans - have received benefits from these programs since March. Still, according to a recently published report by the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, poverty
Coloradans federal unemployment benefits likely paused for weeks even if Congress passes package
CDLE: About 280K Coloradans to lose benefits next week
By: Blair Miller
and last updated 2020-12-18 21:11:41-05
DENVER â Around 280,000 people in Colorado are set to lose access to their federal unemployment benefits after next week and will likely see several weeks pass before any potential extension from Congress can be worked into the stateâs unemployment system, officials with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.
The vast majority of those people have received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and are gig workers, self-employed, or independent contractors, the officials said.
Jobless and broke in Covid economy, Syracusans worry benefits will end at holidays
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
Donna Bartolotta lost her job as an Applebee s bartender twice in the pandemic shutdowns of 2020. She heads into the holidays with $120 a week in unemployment benefits and uncertainty about the future.
N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.comN. Scott Trimble | strimble@syra
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Not on $120 a week.
The 14-year-old twins are old enough to get it.
Bartolotta lost her job as a bartender at Applebee’s twice this year - in March, when the state shut down non-essential businesses and again in November, when a new coronavirus surge sent every restaurant along Erie Boulevard into take-out mode.
Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo)
–On Friday, Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) announced that he had joined a bipartisan group of state lawmakers on a letter asking congressional leaders to act now on a broad COVID-19 relief package.
“It’s the federal government – not the State of California – that has the resources to help our local small businesses, workers and cities get through this crisis,” said Cunningham. “Congress must come together over the next week to hammer out a deal that extends federal unemployment benefits, expands the PPP small business loan program, and provides critical relief to smaller municipal governments like those in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Folks need the financial support, and we have to avert economic and social collapse while we wait for vaccine distribution.”
Congress dithers over token relief bill as 4.8 million more Americans face poverty in January
Despite claims of “good progress” and assurances of “getting a deal done,” Democratic and Republican congressional leaders adjourned Friday without passing an estimated $900 billion coronavirus relief bill. The completely inadequate bill, which is still subject to change, would reportedly provide a $300-a-week federal unemployment benefit for 10 weeks and a one-time direct payment of $600 to low- and middle-income people.
Auto workers leave the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Warren Truck Plant after the first work shift, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Warren, Mich. [Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sancya]
The short-term federal jobless benefit is 50 percent less than the $600 weekly supplement that expired on July 31, and the one-time stimulus check is only half the amount provided under the CARES Act, passed by a near-unanimous bipartisan vote in March. That bill provided some $6 trillion in low-inte