Benefits Lapse for Millions as Trump Fails to Approve Bill
- President has focused on direct checks in $900 billion package
- Biden says millions of families worry about making ends meet
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Millions of Americans will see their unemployment benefits lapse, at least temporarily, after President Donald Trump let Saturday night pass without signing a $900 billion bipartisan coronavirus stimulus package.
The federal government could shut down on Tuesday absent Trump’s signature on the attached, $1.4 trillion spending bill to fund operations through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.