President Plays "TRUMP" Card in Virus Relief (UPDATED Sept 2020)
Two virus relief packages have passed Congress and been implemented, each running slightly in excess of $1 trillion. They provided a $600.00 per week federal supplement to state unemployment benefits, so generous that a majority of workers on unemployment received more money than if they were working. That federal supplement expired at the end of July, and extensive negotiations occurred between the Administration and the Democrats over an extension and other pandemic relief.