For many Americans left jobless by the COVID-19 outbreak, the federal $600 a week supplement to regular state unemployments benefits has been a godsend.
But that extra money is ending this month - unless Congress and the White House can come to a deal on extending it, either in full or at a reduced figure.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said Wednesday that a deal is close.
"We'll have a bill and hopefully we'll have it sooner rather than later because people really need to have it, and we should have it before the expiration of the unemployment insurance," she said.
But getting Republican support for any Democratic bill is uncertain at best. There are still major differences in the two parties' ideas on extended federal unemployment benefits - which some in the GOP say deters Americans from returning to work - as well as whether or not send a second direct cash stimulus payment to taxpayers.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, has said his party will come up with the next stimulus bill and that it will address extending the federal unemployment supplement, but has provided no details so far.
There's another factor as well: President Donald Trump. Whatever Congress comes up with will need the support of the president.
Lawmakers go back into session this week. And they don't have a lot of time before Congress recesses for August. Maybe they can pull it all off before the end of July, but we wouldn't bet on it.