The Republicans of the Senate achieved what is expected to be a short-lived victory in a battle over unemployment benefits in the nearly $ 1.9 billion coronavirus bill.
Sen. Joe Manchin
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Robert (Rob) Jones PortmanMandel gets club for growth nod in Ohio Senate primary, Rick Scott, caught amid opposing GOP factions. Five takeaways from the dramatic trial of Capitol security MORE (R-Ohio) to make a $ 300-a-week unemployment payout in mid-July.
But Democrats are expected to remove the Portman amendment and replace it with an agreement they announced Friday night, after a nearly twelve-hour delay, before they are likely to pass the coronavirus agreement Saturday.
Democrats are still awaiting a joint tax bill committee on the cost of the Democratic proposal, which would offer a $ 300-a-week payment through Sept. 6.
“We expect Senator Portman to present his UI amendment and it will succeed. However, it will be replaced by the Democrats of the Senate’s new UI agreement, which will be presented tonight as an amendment,” a Democrat said. assistant said about the way forward. .
Although Manchin supports Portman’s amendment, he is also expected to support the Democratic agreement. In addition to the weekly payment, the Democratic amendment will keep the first $ 10,200 unemployment benefits tax-free for households with incomes of up to $ 150,000.
“We have reached a compromise that will enable the economy to bounce back quickly, while also protecting those who receive unemployment benefits. [an] unexpected tax bill next year, ”Manchin said in a statement endorsing the Democratic agreement.
Democrats wheeled the debate over the coronavirus bill nearly 12 hours Friday while trying to reach an agreement on the unemployment benefits the entire caucus could win.
Democrats initially said Friday morning that they have an agreement to pay $ 300 a week until early October.
But as the day wore on, it became clear that they were still trying to wrestle the caucus.
Majority Leader Charles Schumer
Chuck Schumer Ron Johnson is forcing the reading of a 628-page bill to alleviate the coronavirus on the floor of the Senate panel at party level over the ambitious agenda of the Becerra House Democrats, which will end up more in the Senate’s blockade. (DN.Y.) once argued that the Senate had moved forward just before 11 p.m. that Democrats were united.
“The agreement reached will enable us to continue with the US rescue plan,” he said. “Senate Democrats are completely united in our belief in how important this entire bill is to our fellow Americans.”