财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦周一表示各州将能够在特朗普政府一再拒绝提供失业救济的时间表后，在两周内“执行”新的每周高达400美元的联邦失业救济宣布新福利总统唐纳德·特朗普上周末，随着冠状病毒与民主党人的救济谈判。
根据总统的建议，穆努钦在周一的新闻发布会上回答了特朗普的提问。他说:“在未来一两周内，大多数人将能够执行死刑。”
当天早些时候，白宫新闻秘书凯丽·麦克纳尼告诉记者，这项福利将“迅速”和“接近立即”提供给美国人，但没有提供更具体的时间表。周六，特朗普表示将“迅速分发”
“由美国广播公司新闻报道”@RachelVScott在美国人可以期望从他的COVID-19行政命令中看到救济利益的日期，特朗普总统没有提供日期，而是说这将是“迅速的。”https://t.co/ePbxnJ5pftpic.twitter.com/lW9dCTM8B2
——美国广播公司新闻政治(@美国广播公司政治)2020年8月9日
特朗普在周末采取行动创建了一项新的联邦失业福利，将联邦紧急事务管理局高达440亿美元的救灾资金重新分配给各州。联邦政府将每周捐助300美元，各州将根据备忘录额外捐助100美元。这项福利只适用于已经领取了至少100美元其他失业福利的工人。
奥巴马总统还签署了一项行政命令，指示联邦政府努力限制驱逐，并签署了一份备忘录，推迟对雇主的工资税和学生贷款的支付——这是一系列单边措施，旨在解决美国人在流行病和持续衰退中的担忧。此前，政府高级官员和民主党领导人就额外救助基金的范围进行的谈判破裂。
民主党人和一些共和党人批评了总统的行政行为冠状病毒缓解后谈判破裂了在国会大厦，特朗普政府和民主党领导人之间，因为一些州长警告说，他们的州将负担不起总统备忘录规定的25%的福利。
“我们赞赏白宫提出的为应对经济挑战提供额外解决方案的建议;纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫和阿肯色州州长阿萨·哈钦森是全国州长协会的主席和副主席，他们在星期一的一份声明中说:“但是，我们担心这一最新行动将给各州带来巨大的行政负担和费用。”
民主党人推动了民主党领导的众议院在5月份通过的一项3万亿美元的方案，而在参议院共和党领导人提出一项1万亿美元的提案后，姆努钦和白宫办公厅主任马克·梅多斯开始讨论，该提案分裂了他们自己的会议。
Treasury secretary says new federal unemployment will be available from states 'within the next week or 2'
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said thatstates will be ableto "execute" new weekly federal unemployment benefits of up to $400 within two weeks, after the Trump administration repeatedly declined to offer a timeline for thenew benefits announcedby PresidentDonald Trumpover the weekend, following the collapse ofcoronavirusrelief negotiations with Democrats.
"Within the next week or two, most will be able to execute," said Mnuchin, who answered the question posed to Trump at his news conference Monday, at the president's suggestion.
Earlier in the day, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters that the benefit would be delivered to Americans "quickly" and "close to immediately," but did not provide a more specific timetable. On Saturday, Trump said it would be "rapidly distributed."
Pressed by ABC News'@RachelVScotton the date that Americans can expect to see the relief benefits from his COVID-19 executive orders, President Trump doesn't provide a date, instead saying it would be "rapid."https://t.co/ePbxnJ5pftpic.twitter.com/lW9dCTM8B2
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics)August 9, 2020
Trump took action to create a new federal unemployment benefit over the weekend, redirecting up to $44 billion in disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the states to distribute. The federal government is set to contribute $300 a week, with states expected to contribute an additional $100 under the memorandum. The benefit would only be available to workers already collecting at least $100 in other unemployment benefits.
The president also signed an executive order directing the federal government to work to limit evictions and a memoranda to defer payroll taxes for employers and student loan payments -- a series of unilateral steps aimed at addressing the concerns of Americans in the pandemic and ongoing recession, after negotiations collapsed between senior administration officials and Democratic leaders over the scope of additional relief funds.
Democrats and some Republicans criticized thepresident's executive actionsafter the coronavirus reliefnegotiations broke downon Capitol Hill between the Trump administration and Democratic leaders, as some governors warned that their states would not be able to afford to contribute 25% of the benefit under the president's memorandum.
"We appreciate the White House's proposals to provide additional solutions to address economic challenges; however, we are concerned about the significant administrative burdens and costs this latest action would place on the states," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the chair and vice chair of the National Governors Association, said in a statement Monday.
Democrats have pushed a $3 trillion package passed by the Democratic-led House in May, while Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows began discussions after Senate GOP leaders introduced a $1 trillion proposal that had divided their own conference.
