Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain deadlocked on the finer points of a fresh coronavirus stimulus package with neither side willing to cede ground on a range of measures including aid to states hit hard by the economic downturn in the US, funding for schools unemployment benefits and funding for the struggling United States Postal Service, which has become the unlikely focal point of a battle of wills between Democrats and the administration of Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential elections.
In light of the impasse, more than 100 House Democrats issued a letter calling on Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote on an extension of the extra $600-a-week federal unemployment benefits that expired in July, just one of the stumbling blocks to a complete stimulus package being agreed between the two parties.
In a letter addressed to Pelosi, 114 Democratic lawmakers urged the House to press for a bill that would see the reinstatement of the $600-a-week unemployment benefit until the end of the coronavirus pandemic that has forced millions of Americans out of work.
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