Republican states revolt against Joe's handouts: ELEVEN GOP governors now refuse Biden's $300 unemployment benefit that makes it 'impossible for employers to fill jobs' Republican governors in eleven states are declining the $300 per week boosted unemployment benefits to help during the coronavirus pandemic with Idaho and Iowa the latest to withdraw from the schene Governors claim the extra money is incentivizing people to stay home and making it hard to fill jobs Jobless in Iowa, Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina and Alabama will not the extra money from June in order to encourage people to get back to work