UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEFTrump's order cuts enhanced federal unemployment benefits - a lifeline for the tens of millions of Americans thrown out of work during the pandemic - from $600 to $400 per week.
Democrats had been lobbying to extend the original $600 a week enhanced benefits, which expired on July 31.Trump proposes taking most of the money from the coffers of the Federal Emergency Management Agency - $44 billion, according to the order - with 25% of the money coming from states.It's not clear how Trump will convince state governments, whose revenues have been hard hit by the crisis, to pony up their proposed share.Trump called the reduced payments "generous."A PAYROLL TAX CUTTrump's first order waives the payroll tax that funds Social.