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Trump unemployment insurance executive order will cost states billions

EditorCBS NewsAugust 10, 2020

Whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to extend federal unemployment benefits by executive order remains unclear. Equally up in the air is whether states, which are necessary partners in Mr. Trump’s plan to bypass Congress, will sign on.

Mr. Trump announced an executive order Saturday that extends additional unemployment payments of $400 a week to help cushion the economic fallout of the pandemic. Congress had approved payments of $600 a week at the outset of the coronavirus outbreak, but those benefits expired Aug. 1 and Congress has been unable to agree on an extension.

Many Republicans have expressed concern that a $600 weekly benefit, on top of existing state benefits, gives people an incentive to stay unemployed. But under the president’s plan, the $400 a week requires a state to commit to providing $100 …continued .
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