President Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress are pushing for another one-month extension of the federal eviction moratorium. It's unlikely to pass, and while Democrats are essentially using the whole setup to bash Republicans for being standing by while thousands are evicted, they probably won't say much about the billions of dollars in rental assistance approved by Congress that hasn't been spent, even in deep blue states like New York (one of the slowest states to start doling out the aid).

With restaurants, retailers and other small businesses struggling to find workers to fill lower-paying jobs, a gap is already opening between red states (which have curtailed some of the expanded federal unemployment assistance) and blue states (which are keeping the money taps open).