US Senate adopts Covid jobless benefit compromise
The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a Democratic compromise measure setting federal unemployment benefits for workers hit by the coronavirus pandemic at $300 per week through Sept. 6, under President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
The amendment supersedes a Republican measure adopted earlier in the day that would have cut off payments on July 18.
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