A disappointing national jobs report that showed the economic recovery slowing places new pressure on Congress to pass an extension of the airline payroll-protection program as part of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's economic-stimulus proposal currently stalled by the opposition of President Trump and the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, according to Transport Workers Union of America President John Samuelsen.
"They have no choice in a rational world," he said during an Oct. 2 phone interview. "The nation is crying out for it and the economy is crying out for it. We have seen the disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street, but if they fail to extend the CARES Act, it won't be long before this decline crashes into every aspect of daily life."
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