Illinois House Democrats discuss budget, helping Ukrainian refugees – KMOV (St. Louis)

Right now, lawmakers are considering how much money they can put into the unemployment trust fund that has $4.5 billion in debt. The Senate passed a plan last week to use $2 billion from the American Rescue Plan to help fill that hole. “What was done in the past is business agreed to raise the unemployment tax to service the bonds,” House Majority Leader Greg Harris noted. “There are different actions labor can take."