Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is one of nearly 100 Texas mayors who are asking Congress for more funding to help offset revenue losses due to the pandemic-related economic slowdown.
The downturn has sharply reduced sales tax revenues in the state.
Texas received 11-billion dollars from the CARES Act, which were divided among the state, county and city governments.
The House of Representatives has approved a Democratic plan to add another trillion-dollars for local governments, but the GOP-led Senate hasn't approved it.
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