The coronavirus pandemic pushed the unemployment rate higher than it’s been since the Great Depression, with the Labor Department reporting it was 11.1 percent for June. In Nevada, where unemployment was over 15 percent in June, the state’s unemployment fund is set to run out in six weeks.

By July 18, the state’s fund dropped from the $1.9 billion it held in January to $657 million, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. The state spent $95.4 million in benefits for the week ending July 18, and in analyzing weekly trends since June 6, the Gazette-Journal calculated the unemployment fund will run dry in a month and a half.

Nevada’s taken a particularly hard hit during the pandemic, as tourism is one of its biggest economic drivers. The industry accounts for 33.6 percent of the state’s total private-industry employment, according to the U.S. Travel Association. With entertainment venues closed and people limiting travel, unemployment rose to 25.3 percent in May, the highest any state has seen during the pandemic.

Employer contributions for wages from the second quarter are due in August, according to the Gazette-Journal, so there should be at least some money coming into the unemployment fund. If payments exceed funding, the state could borrow from the federal government under Title XII of the Social Security Act.

Eight states indicated they may need to borrow from the federal government, but only two states, New York and California, actually received money. Under the CARES Act, an economic relief package passed in March, states don’t have to pay interest on the loans in 2020.

By May 20, New York had paid out more than $10 billion in unemployment, and it borrowed $1.1 billion in June to cover additional costs after its fund ran dry. California borrowed $1.4 billion in April as unemployment reached 16.4 percent, but the state paid it back in May with revenue from employers’ unemployment taxes.

While states are working to ensure they have enough money to cover unemployment payments, negotiations for another relief package have stalled on Capitol Hill. Democrats and Republicans are “far apart” on the details, according to President Donald Trump, and on Wednesday White House chief of staff Mark Meadows wasn’t optimistic they’d be able to reach a deal.

The expanded unemployment benefits have been a sticking point in the negotiations, with Democrats wanting to extend the extra $600 per week and Republicans pushing for a reduced amount. The additional payments expire on Friday, and legislators weren’t able to come to an agreement on extending them before then.

On Thursday, Republicans tried to pass two unemployment bills. One option would pay people two-thirds of their wages, while another would extend the $600 benefit by one week. But Democrats weren’t on board and criticized the Republicans for waiting until the last minute to put something on the table.

Following a day of stalemates and blocked legislation, senators left Washington on Thursday for a three-day weekend.

Initial unemployment claims in Virginia over the past four months exceeded those filed from mid-2014 through 2019, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. The fund is on track to close 2020 with a record $750 million deficit, and depleting the account means the state will have to borrow from the federal government.

As is the case with other states, Virginia’s unemployment fund is financed by taxes from businesses. The commission warned that businesses most affected by pandemic-related workforce reductions face the “most significant increases” in future unemployment taxes.

In Louisiana, where more than 300,000 people are collecting unemployment, payments could deplete the fund entirely by September, according to Governor John Bel Edwards. Borrowing from the federal government to cover payments is a possibility, but Edwards said it could mean a greater financial burden on businesses.

“It would be awfully helpful to Louisiana and every other state, and most importantly to workers and businesses, if there’s assistance for states for the unemployment insurance trust funds to make sure they are shored up and tax increases do not become necessary,” the governor said Thursday.