Economics

Extra Jobless Aid Authorized by Trump Is Ending After Six Weeks

Funding for stopgap program dries up amid stimulus stalemate
Lost Wages Assistance pulled funds from disaster relief

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By Reade Pickert

September 10, 2020 at 12:10 PM UTC

Updated on

September 11, 2020 at 11:56 AM UTC

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Funding is drying up for the supplemental weekly jobless-benefit payments authorized by President Donald Trump at the start of August, with aid capped at just six weeks in the stopgap program.

Under the Lost Wages Assistance program -- which uses disaster-relief funds to provide an extra $300 a week from the federal government to most jobless-benefit recipients -- states will get funding covering six weeks, according to an emailed statement Thursday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.