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THE BIG DEAL Biden: Workers can t turn down job and get benefits: President Biden
“We’re going to make it clear that anyone who is collecting unemployment who is offered a suitable job must take the job or lose their unemployment benefits,” Biden said in remarks on the economy from the East Room, noting there would be “a few COVID-19-related exceptions” to the guidance.
The background: The disappointing April jobs report released Friday helped fuel a Republican push to end enhanced unemployment aid programs extended by Biden in March.
The Republican governors of Montana, South Carolina, and Arkansas all pulled out of pandemic unemployment programs.