Economics
White House Says Republican Governors Are Pulling Jobless Benefits Too Soon
- White House CEA Chair Rouse says job market still in recovery
- Rouse speaks as GOP governors end special jobless benefits
Cecilia Rouse
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
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The White House pushed back against Republican governors curbing the extra jobless benefits for out-of-work Americans extended in President Joe Biden’s March pandemic-relief package.
“There will come a day when we do not need these additional supports. There’s no question, these were designed to get us to the end of the pandemic. But we’re not there yet,” Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, said at a Bloomberg conference Thursday.