"We had months to get this done, and the House passed its bill back in May.
"No," McConnell said after letting out what Politico reporter Jake Sherman, who posed the question, described as a "big laugh.".
According to Census Bureau data, more than 13 million Americans who live in rental housing were behind on rent payments as of July 7.
"Thirty million workers won't be able to pay rent on August 1st and McConnell is laughing," said Wyden spokesperson Ashley Schapitl.
Bobby Kogan, a mathematician for the Senate Budget Committee, tweeted that "there is no excuse" for allowing the enhanced benefits expire.
"Republicans do appear to be gravitating toward a proposal on what to do about the expiring unemployment benefits," the Post reported.
Allowing the benefits to expire, warned Tedeschi, "would be devastating to individual families, as well as to regional economies in aggregate. »