Why Republicans are ready to kill the $300 pandemic unemployment boost
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Even as Congress raced to rescue the nation from the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Republican lawmakers were raising red flags about expanding unemployment benefits -- particularly providing the jobless with a weekly federal supplement worth hundreds of dollars.
Now, as the country seeks to emerge from the outbreak that has left millions of Americans out of work, a growing chorus of GOP officials and business owners say that it's time to end the historic enhancement in order to push more people to rejoin the labor force. At least three red-state governors have already moved to do so. Friday's disappointing jobs report -- which showed the US economy added a scant 266,000 jobs in April -- has only heaped fuel on the fire.More Related News
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