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Partisan battle over coronavirus aid centers on unemployment benefits

By Susan Ferrechio
Published July 25, 2020 4:01am ET
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Partisan battle over coronavirus aid centers on unemployment benefits
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

A battle over unemployment benefits could thwart a bipartisan deal on a new round of federal coronavirus aid.

House and Senate Democrats this week rejected a proposal floated unofficially by Senate Republicans and White House officials to provide approximately $200 in additional weekly federal unemployment payments as part of an overall coronavirus aid package.

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