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Senate Republicans mounted a last-ditch effort Thursday evening with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulling back members -- many had already left for home for the weekend -- to vote on a plan that would cut the weekly federal benefit to $200, or two-thirds of lost wages.

Every Democrat and some Republicans opposed the measure.

While many Americans have relied on the federal unemployment insurance boost throughout the pandemic, Mnuchin reiterated on \"This Week\" that his belief is that there's no question that it is a disincentive to find a job in \"some cases.\"

\"There are cases where people are overpaid,\" Mnuchin said Sunday.

Raddatz pressed Mnuchin on this claim, citing a Yale study from this month which found no evidence in labor market data that the payments have any effect on people returning to work during the pandemic.

Mnuchin said that he didn't agree with the study and doubled down on his assertion that people are being disincentivized to work.

\"I agree on certain things,\" Mnuchin noted. \"I don't always agree. There's a Chicago study that goes through all the people that are overpaid.\"

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin tells @MarthaRaddatz \"there's no question\" that $600 unemployment insurance is a disincentive to find a job in \"some cases.\"

\"There are cases where people are overpaid,\" he adds when pressed about study refuting his argument. https://t.co/HNQgCe39RN pic.twitter.com/1zceOdxULW

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 2, 2020

Mnuchin also said he was \"surprised\" at Pelosi's claim that Republicans don't want to kill the coronavirus.

\"Well, first, let me say, I was surprised to hear the speaker say we don't agree on the need to kill the virus,\" Mnuchin said. \"We absolutely agree on the need to kill the virus.\"

Speaking to reporters after his interview, Mnuchin said he spoke to Trump eight or nine times this weekend about the negotiations.

Separately, the president threatened to ban the popular app TikTok by executive order on Friday.

The app, which allows users to film and share short videos of themselves along to accompanying music, is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. The relationship has caused the Trump administration, as well as lawmakers across both aisles, to accuse the app of being a security threat.

Mnuchin said he's also been talking to the president about his agency's review of TikTok, but declined to share specifics of those conversations. He added that TikTok cannot stay in its current form due to \"risks of sending back information on 100 million Americans.\"

Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin says \"the entire committee agrees that TikTok cannot stay in the current format because it risks sending back information on 100 million Americans … the president can either force a sale or the president can block the app.\" https://t.co/DvPFYUXRWR pic.twitter.com/L5XrIsIWDO

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 2, 2020

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