A state senator is calling on Congress to bail out California and stop employers from picking up the tab on a $20 billion debt Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers have so far refused to pay. Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones issued a joint resolution with other Republican state senators urging Congress to suspend looming federal payroll tax increases tied to the state’s unpaid unemployment insurance (UI) debt. California employers will soon pay a 5.2% payroll tax — nearly nine times as much as those in other states that are debt free, according to the California Business Roundtable. State senators ripped Gov. Gavin Newsom’s for the unemployment insurance crisis being passed on to employers. Nathan Posner/Shutterstock Newsom’s decision to not pay off debts for unemployment insurance has left California as an outlier among states.…