Trump signs Covid-19 relief orders after talks with Congress break down | Malay Mail

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BEDMINSTER, Aug 9 — President Donald Trump signed executive orders yestertday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of Americans who lost jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, as the United States marked a grim milestone of five million cases. Negotiations broke down...

Sunday, 09 Aug 2020 06:54 AM MYT

Trump said the orders would provide an extra $400 per week in unemployment payments, less than the US$600 per week passed earlier in the crisis. Some of the measures were likely to face legal challenges, as the US Constitution gives Congress authority over federal spending. “Donald Trump is trying to distract from his failure to extend the US$600 federal boost for 30 million unemployed workers by issuing illegal executive orders,” said Senator Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee. “This scheme is a classic Donald Trump con: Play-acting at leadership while robbing people of the support they desperately need.”

Trump initially played down the disease's threat and has drawn criticism for inconsistent messages on public health steps such as social distancing and masks.

 

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