Next week the U.S. Senate returns and will turn its attention to the next step in coronavirus relief. Two weeks ago the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed a $3 trillion package that included an extension of the $600 federal supplemental unemployment insurance (IU) benefit, another round of individual stimulus checks and a program for the government to pay the COBRA health insurance premiums for laid off workers.

Unsurprisingly, this bill was dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate, while President Trump threatened to veto the House bill. Now that another week has passed, and with it another 2 million unemployment claims, the Senate leadership will start to work on a bill and try to get something to the President by July 4.

As America starts to re-open up there is growing skepticism about both an individual check to all adults and children and the $600 UI a week payment. Senators and the White House are starting to look for more targeted programs.

One idea getting increased attention is to modify the supplemental unemployment payment so as to allow some money to continue to flow after a worker goes back into the workforce. An issue that has emerged is that many service workers are collecting more in unemployment benefits than they received at...

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