General
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…
-
General16 hours agoFour escape injury after jumping from three-storey unit on fire in Newcastle
-
Noosa News16 hours agoGippsland vegetable farm accused of underpaying migrant workers
-
Noosa News17 hours agoThe Best Things to Do in Brisbane This New Year’s Eve
-
Noosa News20 hours agoMary River cod thriving in Brisbane River catchment, century after relative went extinct