{"id":662825,"date":"2021-08-19T17:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662825"},"modified":"2021-08-19T17:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:20:36","slug":"biden-administration-wont-push-pandemic-unemployment-bonus-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-wont-push-pandemic-unemployment-bonus-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Won\u2019t Push Pandemic Unemployment Bonus Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-wont-push-pandemic-unemployment-bonus-extension%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration signaled to Capitol Hill lawmakers Thursday that it will not support an extension of pandemic-related unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden won\u2019t advocate for an extension of the $300 unemployment bonus given to millions of out-of-work Americans on a weekly basis, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/13\/janet-yellen-maxine-waters-patrick-mchenry\/\">Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/marty-walsh-confirmation-department-labor-secretary-bipartisan-vote\/\">Labor Secretary Marty Walsh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0326\">wrote<\/a> in a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal. The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/748\/text\">implemented<\/a> in March 2020 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/117\/bills\/hr1319\/BILLS-117hr1319enr.pdf\">extended<\/a> by Democrats\u2019 recent American Rescue Plan, is set to expire in early September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs President Biden has said, the boost was always intended to be temporary and it is appropriate for that benefit boost to expire,\u201d the secretaries <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/136\/UI-Letter-to-Congress.pdf\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, President Biden believes that the conditions exist in many states such that the other emergency UI [unemployment insurance] programs (the extended-length benefits and the coverage of individuals not otherwise within the scope of UI) can end on the date set in the American Rescue Plan,\u201d they continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/17\/united-states-economy-unemployment-joe-biden-jobless-claims\/\">(RELATED: \u2018A Good Sign\u2019: Fewer People File For Unemployment In States Cutting Federal Bonus, Data Shows)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yellen and Walsh added that there are still states where it would make sense for unemployed individuals to receive the weekly unemployment bonus beyond the FPUC\u2019s September expiration. Those states should use the $350 billion previously allocated for coronavirus relief to continue providing boosted unemployment benefits to their residents, the pair said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7264611\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7264611\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7264611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh talks to Republican Sen. Roy Blunt following a hearing on July 14. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328692189-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7264611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh talks to Republican Sen. Roy Blunt following a hearing on July 14. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The letter laid out how states can continue providing pandemic-era benefits after federal programs expire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Treasury Department is re-affirming that states can use their allocations of the $350 billion in American Rescue Plan State and Local Fiscal Relief Funds to provide assistance to unemployed workers,\u201d the Treasury and Labor secretaries wrote.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of all states <a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/governor\/news\/2021\/05\/governor-ducey-announces-arizona-back-work\">withdrew<\/a> from the FPUC in June and July amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/labor-shortage-record-unemployment-united-states-economy-business\/\">worsening<\/a> labor shortage. Significantly more jobless claims were filed in states that didn\u2019t withdraw from the program compared to states that did, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/17\/united-states-economy-unemployment-joe-biden-jobless-claims\/\">according<\/a> to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPay them more,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FoPn4Cv8nXs?t=1611\">told reporters<\/a> in June when asked about unemployment benefits incentivizing people to stay unemployed. \u201cThis is an employees\u2019 bargaining chip now. [Employers] are going to have to compete and start paying hard working people a decent wage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you pay for something, you\u2019re going to get more of it,\u201d Casey Mulligan, former White House Council of Economic Advisers chief economist and a University of Chicago economics professor, told the DCNF in a July interview. \u201cIf you pay for unemployment, you\u2019ll get more unemployment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are really no surprises in what\u2019s happening here,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The labor market is still approximately 5.7 million jobs short of its pre-pandemic level of 152.5 million employed Americans recorded in February 2020, Labor Department data <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/PAYEMS\">showed<\/a>. In April 2020, the economy lost more than 20 million jobs due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration signaled to Capitol Hill lawmakers Thursday that it will not support an extension of pandemic-related unemployment benefits.President Joe Biden won\u2019t advocate for an extension of the $300 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}