Millions face cuts to emergency unemployment benefits in the U.S.

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Millions face cuts to emergency unemployment benefits in the U.S.FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

COVID-19 has forced millions of unemployed Americans to make impossible choices to make ends meet.

And they’re facing even harder times as lawmakers wrangle over a second huge stimulus program to replace one that hasn’t been able to outlast the pandemic.

CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.