Republicans are not committing to that amount, but have suggested they would back state and local funding that is earmarked for that purpose.
"If we give a lot of money to education, that's after Medicaid, that is the biggest expense for most state governments now," Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a senior appropriator, told reporters Thursday. "And if you give a lot of money to education, you have probably filled a lot of the gap that was created by their loss in revenue."
But some Republicans, including President Donald Trump, want to condition any federal aid for education on schools reopening, a prerequisite Democrats are saying is a nonstarter.
"What does the president do? The negative: 'We’re not going to give you money unless you open up,'" Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at her weekly news conference Thursday. "No, you give schools money to open up. And that is precisely what we do in the HEROES Act."
The California Democrat was referring to the nearly $3.5 trillion coronavirus relief package that the House passed in May. In addition to the nearly $1 trillion for state and local governments in that package, the measure includes a $100 billion stabilization fund specifically designated to help schools with reopening costs.
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