Bill to increase weekly unemployment benefit in 2022 fails
Rep Rodney Lyons (D) Harvey A bill to increase the unemployment weekly benefit by $28 beginning in 2022 fails in the House. The bill came under bipartisan assault especially after a hiring bonus was added. Bill author Harvey Democrat Representative Rodney Lyons said the original intent was to increase the weekly amount, an initiative that began before the pandemic. “As we do know that at $247 a week, we’re at the bottom as far as what we pay in unemployment benefits,” said Lyons. A hiring bonus of up to $1,000 was added to the bill to entice those on unemployment to return to work, Boss...
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