Bipartisan COVID-19 Proposal Extends Benefits For Long-Term Jobless By 16 Weeks

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are negotiating a COVID-19 relief package that would preserve federal unemployment programs and provide additional weeks of benefits for people who have been unemployed for more than nine months. A summary of the latest negotiating framework HuffPost obtained includes an extra $300 per week, plus an extension “of all pandemic unemployment insurance programs by 16 weeks.” That means the federal unemployment programs…