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US Senate Democrats reach deal on jobless assistance in COVID-19 relief bill
US Democrats have reached a deal on over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $US1.9 trillion ($2.45 trillion) COVID-19 relief bill.
Key points:
- An amendment will offer extended unemployment assistance through to September
- Senate leaders struck a deal with senator Joe Manchin to include the assistance in the relief bill
- Moderates such as Senator Manchin have wanted to trim some of the bill’s costs
Senate leaders struck the deal with moderate Democratic senator Joe Manchin, with an amendment to be offered extending the assistance through September 6 at $US300 per week.
The compromise, announced by Senator Manchin and a Democratic aide, seemed to clear the way for the Senate to begin a…
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