Senate Republicans let emergency unemployment relief expire this weekend, leaving millions of working families without the lifeline they depend on to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads as the coronavirus continues to surge across the country. Now, Senate Republicans are playing the blame game after they refused to negotiate all summer, instead watching the clock tick down to July 31 while insisting that the expanded unemployment relief was a “mistake” and that they didn’t see “a big need” to extend the lifeline.
Here is a timeline showing how Senate Republicans wasted months refusing to take action to extend emergency unemployment relief, despite knowing it was expiring at the end of July:
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