Even as the federal unemployment enhancement support of $600 per week officially expired last week, the White House, Congressional Republicans, and Congressional Democrats are still not close to a deal on the next COVID-19 relief bill. While Republicans offered a short-term unemployment extension, Democrats rejected it as the sides are not close on a deal on anything else.
Different provisions of importance to UW and other institutions of higher education are included in various bills in both chambers of Congress.
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