This map lets you compare how the proposed unemployment extensions would impact weekly payments in your state
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As federal employment benefits officially run out, the US Chamber of Commerce released an interactive map that will show users what their unemployment benefits would look like for each proposed plan.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats blocked a GOP proposal that would've continued federal benefits but would have cut the $600 bonus to $200. The Senate Democrats proposal had a $3 trillion stimulus and continued the $600 benefit until January 2021.
Earlier this week, the HEALS Act was announced by the GOP, which cuts back unemployment benefits by 44% during the first two months the $200 supplement would be in place. States seeing the largest surge in coronavirus cases would be the same states to see benefits slashed the most.But while the talks continue, people can use the interactive map from the US Chamber of Commerce to examine the impact of all three proposals, along with what unemployment benefits would look like at the state-only level.
The three proposals listed on the website are as follows;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to further discuss extending unemployment benefits.
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