More than 7 million people across the United States lost their pandemic unemployment benefits as of Labor Day, and the White House isn’t planning to extend the program. The emergency federal jobless benefits of $300 per week were a key provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed in March 2020 and were extended by Congress in subsequent legislation. Those benefits were slated to end on Labor Day, coming weeks after the expiration of a federal eviction moratorium. The Sept. 6 expiration date was part of a congressional deal made earlier this year to extend the federal jobless aid. Also earlier this year, about two dozen Republican-led states moved to end the enhanced unemployment benefits early, arguing that the program creates a disincentive for Americans from joining the workforce. Jared Bernstein, who sits on the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told The Associated Press in a report …
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