Enhanced unemployment benefits were expected to expire this month, a program that was a boon to more than 50 percent of workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.
According to The Wall Street Journal, half of American workers were earning more on unemployment than they were on their jobs. The CARES Act gave the unemployed an extra $600 per week unemployment.
It was scheduled to end July 31.
In May, the Trump administration was debating whether to provide an extra $450 per week to workers who would go back to their jobs.
The back-to-work bonus had not been approved as of May.
