Lawmakers Are Debating How to Help the Unemployed. Here Are Some Solutions They Might Land On

The COVID-19 crisis has caused unemployed to skyrocket, and while the economy has opened up since the lockdown that ensued back in March, we're still worlds away from things getting back to normal. Throw in the fact that cases are surging nationwide and many state are imposing added restrictions, and it's pretty clear that double-digit unemployment could be in the cards for the remainder of the year.

That's bad news for those who are jobless at present, especially since the $600 weekly boost to unemployment benefits that the CARES Act provided for is expiring in just a matter of days. Without that boost, the average recipient will be in line for just $380 a week, which means a lot of households will risk immediately falling short on their bills.

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