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May 12, 2020, 9:15 PM

Democrats’ $3 Trillion Virus Plan Tees Up Labor Policy Debate

Jaclyn Diaz
Jaclyn Diaz
Reporter
Genevieve Douglas
Genevieve Douglas
Reporter

Labor and employment proposals—including Democrats’ plan to extend the $600 weekly boost in unemployment insurance for Americans—will be a big part of the debate as leaders from both parties haggle over the next big-ticket relief bill.

House Democrats Tuesday unveiled the $3 trillion HEROES Act. The next relief package will be Congress’s fifth stimulus bill. But this time there’s greater pressure to build off of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed in March after an unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were lost in April.

Some of House Democrats’ labor proposals, in addition to provisions to provide flexibility for temporary ...

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