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Debate Grows Over How to Extend Unemployment Bonus

Debate Grows Over How to Extend Unemployment Bonus
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens during a press briefing in Washington on July 23, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—The dispute over enhanced unemployment benefit grows as Republicans propose capping the benefits at 70 percent of a worker’s prior pay.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on July 23 that the Republicans oppose extending the enhanced unemployment insurance in its current form.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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