A handful of Republican senators threatened to delay the $2T coronavirus spending bill over a proposed increase in unemployment insurance.
At a news conference Wednesday, Graham, Scott, Sasse and fellow GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said they hoped an amendment could be passed that would limit unemployment benefits to 100 percent of a worker's salary.
"Our goal is to help this bill get to the finish line," Scott of South Carolina said, adding that while he supports the bill,"we cannot encourage people to make more money in unemployment than they do in employment." "Nothing in this bill incentivizes businesses to lay off employees. In fact it's just the opposite," a Republican spokesperson for the Senate Finance Committee said."The goal all along has been, first and foremost, to help businesses make payroll so employers don't have to lay off employees and to ensure that there's a robust unemployment insurance program to help those who have lost their jobs.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a Democratic presidential candidate, tweeted that unless the GOP senators"drop their objections to the coronavirus legislation, I am prepared to put a hold on this bill until stronger conditions are imposed on the $500 billion corporate welfare fund.". Several Republican Senators are holding up the bipartisan Coronavirus emergency bill because they think the bill is too good for laid off Americans.
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