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'Decades of Anti-Government Politics' Blamed as 1 Million+ in US Still Waiting Months for Jobless Benefits

Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest on July 16, 2020 in Miami Springs, Florida.

As New Jobless Figures Show 'Massive Pain on the Eve of the New Year,' Dems Rip McConnell for Stonewalling $2,000 Relief Checks

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) heads to the Senate floor of the Capitol building on December 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. McConnell said today the Senate would “begin a process” to consider bigger Covid-19 relief, from the recently passed $600 per person to $2,000. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

"It's more than a stimulus check," admonished Rep. Barbara Lee. "It's a survival check."

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New York Lawmakers Poised to Pass Nation's Strongest Eviction Ban as Millions Face Housing Insecurity

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It is not just unconscionable to evict people during a pandemic winter, it is...

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'A Terrible and Costly Stunt': Trump Delay in Signing Relief Bill Could Cost Millions a Full Week of Unemployment Aid

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Volunteers load boxes of food assistance into cars at a food distribution event sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Faith Neighborhood Center, and WESH 2 at Hope International Church on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida.

"Caused needless anguish and financial distress for tens of millions of jobless...

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Metro D.C. Socialists protesters demand $2,000 monthly Covid-19 relief checks during a December 25, 2020 demonstration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

'Unbelievably Cruel': Sanders Slams Trump's Intransigence as Millions Lose Unemployment Lifeline

President Donald Trump climbs into golf cart number 45 as he golfs at Trump National Golf Club on December 13, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia.

Trump Golfs, Tweets Election Lies as 14 Million Set to Lose Unemployment Benefits Just After Christmas

'Merry... Christmas': Watch Rep. Debbie Dingell Drop House Gavel in Disgust Over GOP's Covid-19 Cruelty

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to his office after leaving the Senate Floor at the U.S. Capitol on December 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Pathetic': Congress Passes Covid Relief Bill With Billions in Gifts for the Wealthy, $600 Checks for the Working Class

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks during a news conference following the weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus at the U.S. Capitol on December 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Gratuitously Cruel': Outrage as GOP Tries to Prevent People on Unemployment From Also Receiving Stimulus Check

Volunteers prepare to load boxes of food assistance into a line of waiting cars at the Share Your Christmas food distribution event sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Faith Neighborhood Center, and WESH 2 at Hope International Church on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida.

Thanks to GOP Stonewalling, Experts Say Congress 'Already Too Late' to Prevent Lapse in Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Not $300. Not $600. $1,200 at a Minimum': Bernie Mobilizes Progressive Forces for Direct Cash Stimulus

Volunteers prepare food assistance for the needy at the Share Your Christmas food distribution event on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida.

'Deeply Disturbing' Surge in Layoffs Spotlights Cruelty of Trump-GOP Refusal to Boost Unemployment Benefits

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2020.

'This Is Atrocious': Trump White House Proposes Covid Relief Plan With $0 Weekly Unemployment Boost

Millions of Tenants 'Headed for Absolute Disaster' After New Year, Owing Average of Nearly $6,000 in Rent and Utilities

People line up to receive free food in Clermont, Florida on November, 21, 2020. (Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/Light Rocket/Getty Images)

'Hunger Like They've Never Seen It Before': US Food Banks Struggle as 1 in 6 Families With Children Don't Have Enough to Eat

People receive food at Thessalonica Christian Church during a distribution on October 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

'About to Be Catapulted Off a Cliff': Study Shows 12 Million Set to Lose Jobless Benefits After Christmas

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Nightmare Before Christmas: 803K More Pink Slips a Reality Check for McConnell That More Pandemic Aid Needed

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"Heartless" GOP Demands Turned COVID Relief Bill Into a Band-Aid...

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Unemployment Remains Unacceptably High as McConnell Again Lowballs Struggling Families

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Political Showmanship Won't Support Small Businesses...

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Senate’s Inadequate Relief Bill Failed

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Workers Struggling This Labor Day as High Unemployment Persists

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Mark Weisbrot

Why Partisanship Will Increase in the Post-Trump Era

Juan Cole

Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Vaccine Manufacture. Trump? Playing Golf at Mar-a-Lago

Jesse Jackson

The True Meaning of Christmas in the Age of Pandemic and Austerity

Elise Gould

Any Hope for a Quick Recovery Off the Table Unless Congress Acts Now

Heidi Shierholz

Unless Congress Acts, Millions of Americans Will Soon Be Left With No Safety Net

Heidi Shierholz

Millions Will Lose Unemployment Benefits in December Unless GOP Senators Act

Elise Gould

Thanks to GOP, Next President Inherits a Devastated Economy With Millions Out of Work

Ben Zipperer

Over 13 Million More People Would Be in Poverty Without Unemployment Insurance and Stimulus Payments

Jesse Jackson

Myths and Lies About Poverty

Will Bunch

The Real 'Hoax' in America Is Record Wall Street Profits as Nation's Jobless Millions Cannot Afford Rent