WASHINGTON—A “dramatic increase in unemployment benefits by about $600 per person” is included in the nearly $2 trillion CCP virus economic relief package agreed upon by negotiators in the early hours of March 25, according to Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).
The $600 boost is “on top of whatever their state provides ... so this is a very, very significant increase, typically more than doubling of peoples’ unemployment insurance benefits,” Toomey told reporters during an extended teleconference.
