U.S. SENATE APPROVED $300 A WEEK FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

Pandemic Relief – Covid-19 Relief – Congress

March 6, 2021

By: NATHANIEL BALLANTYNE

TRUENEWSBLOG – The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a Republican measure setting federal unemployment benefits for those made jobless by the coronavirus pandemic at $300 per week through July 18, as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.