Democrats Move Forward With $350 Billion In Relief For States, Localities

House Oversight & Reform Committee Republicans spent more than eight hours in a markup Friday (Feb. 12) trying to stop, or impose greater restrictions on, the $350 billion in COVID-19 relief Democrats proposed for state and local governments to use on pandemic-related expenses, including closing budget shortfalls -- but they failed on a party line vote. The bill now goes to the House Budget Committee, along with other parts of the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package. “Democrats fended off dozens...