President Trump agreed in the final hours to sign a bill to expand unemployment benefits and prevent the government from closing, Republican sources told Axios.
What to expect: Trump will sign the current bill, which provides for $ 600 checks for most Americans, and then continue to push that amount to $ 2,000, according to two sources familiar with the planning.
Why it’s important: Trump’s delay in signing the $ 900 billion coronavirus relief bill and the $ 1.4 trillion government funding measure led to falling unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. overnight. He also risked stopping the government.
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers, angry over the delay, urged Trump earlier Sunday to sign the measure, saying “too many people” depended on it.
In depth: Within the $ 900 billion stimulus commitment