Pelosi: Democrats want biggest possible number on coronavirus UI benefit

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Democrats seeking a deal on new coronavirus legislation want to lock in the largest enhanced unemployment benefit they can for millions of Americans who have been made jobless by the COVID-19 pandemic. After publicly calling for talks with the White House to resume on Friday, Pelosi told MSNBC: "We have insisted that we get the biggest number possible for that enhancement." Up to now, Democrats have specifically demanded a resumption of the $600 a week unemployment benefit that expired at the end of July.