2 weeks after Trump bypassed Congress to offer coronavirus economic relief, only one state has begun offering residents the unemployment benefit

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• Two weeks after President Donald Trump signed four executive orders in an effort to bypass congressional negotiations on a new coronavirus stimulus package, only one state is offering residents the additional unemployment benefit, The Washington Post reported. 
• Trump promised that the $300 federal boost would be received quickly. 
• Many states are saying it will take them weeks or even months to get the payments sent. 
• Meanwhile, many Americans are struggling to make ends meet. 
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Two weeks after President Donald Trump signed four executive orders in an effort to bypass Congressional negotiations on a new coronavirus stimulus package, only one state is offering residents the additional unemployment benefit, The Washington Post reported. 

On August 8, Trump said he would order a $400 weekly boost to federal unemployment. The federal government would cover $300 and states would cover the remaining $100, Business Insider previously reported. 

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