Why $600 Checks Are Tearing Republicans Apart

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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A fight has erupted among congressional Republicans over how long and how generously the government should help those unemployed during the pandemic. But what is that battle really about? Guest: Nicholas Fandos, who covers Congress for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Supplemental checks for laid-off workers are set to stop at the end of July. Republicans and Democrats disagree on what to do next.Why the two parties are unlikely to reach a deal before the end of the month.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:33.0	This is a daily.
0:40.4	Today, a fight has erupted among congressional Republicans over how long and how generously
0:48.3	government should help the unemployed during the pandemic.
0:53.3	Nick Fandos on what that battle is really about.
0:59.5	It's Tuesday, July 28.
1:04.6	Nick, tell me about this deadline coming up on Friday.
1:07.8	So on Friday, at the end of July, one of the key programs in the $2 trillion economic
1:15.6	relief package called the CARES Act that Congress passed this spring to deal with the
1:21.0	coronavirus pandemic.
1:22.8	It's set to expire.
1:24.7	This is the federal unemployment benefit.
1:27.6	It's extra $600 that the federal government has been putting into unemployment checks.
1:33.7	On top of whatever states give the tens of millions of Americans they're out of work.
1:39.6	Right.
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