Posted on 08/17/2020 9:12:46 AM PDT by 11th_VA
A $300 federal enhanced unemployment benefit will start going out this week for some. The benefits stem from an Executive Memorandum President Trump signed on August 8th as negotiations over a stimulus packaged stalled in Congress.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, and New Mexico are the first states FEMA has approved under the lost wages assistance program (LWA).
In a statement, FEMA noted that the approval authorizes these states to begin paying $300 a week in addition to state unemployment benefits:
“FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved the states of Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, and New Mexico for the first FEMA grants under this unprecedented program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, and New Mexico to provide those unemployed due to COVID-19 $300 per week on top of their regular unemployment benefit. FEMA will work with Arizona Governor Ducey, Iowa Governor Reynolds, Louisiana Governor Edwards, and New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham as they implement state systems to make this funding available to the residents of their states.”
In a second statement today, FEMA announced that it approved applications for the LWA program for Colorado, Missouri and Utah...
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I thought it was $400. $300 federal but had to be matched by state $100.
I think Trump is letting the $100 slide if the state can’t afford it.
I am not saying it is legal or anything, just by the statements he said.
Either way it is better then nothing, many states are jumping on board, stating, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
So far most blue states have not signed up
And some red states stated they don’t have an unemployment issue because they never shut down in the first place.
Democrats heads are exploding!!!
Interesting. Most Democrat/Left-run states aren’t even mentioned as applying ...
has Virginia said anything?
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