President Trump voted in the final hours to sign a bill to extend unemployment benefits and prevent government shutdown, Republican sources tell Axios.
What to Expect: Trump will sign the current bill, which provides for $ 600 checks for most Americans, and will continue to push to bring that amount up to $ 2,000, according to two sources familiar with the schedule.
Why it matters: Trump’s delay in signing the $ 900 billion coronavirus bill and the $ 1.4 trillion government funding measure caused unemployment benefits for millions of Americans to lapse overnight. It also risked government shutdown.
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers, angered by the delay, earlier on Sunday urged Trump to sign the measure, saying “too many people” depended on it.
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