'Nearly 12 million unemployed Americans to lose aid in December: study' AFP
"Millions of Americans who lost their jobs to the mass layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be cut off from government aid at the end of December unless Congress acts, a study said on Wednesday.
Lawmakers in March passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act that expanded the unemployment safety net as Covid-19 wrecked the economy, offering benefits to workers not normally eligible and extending the length of time laid-off Americans could receive benefits.
But funding for those programs expires on December 26, and a study from The Century Foundation estimates that nearly 12 million workers will be receiving benefits from the two main expanded unemployment programs when funding expires."
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/nea...ecember-study/
Meanwhile Moscow Mitch McConnell has been AWOL pushing more 'Heritage Foundation' judges onto the federal bench.