The COVID-19 recovery package gives state and local governments more than twice the amount they got last year.

The COVID-19 recovery package gives state and local governments more than twice the amount they got last year.

Workers of West Houston Assistance Ministries bring food packages to those who are in need at a food distribution site after winter weather caused food and clean water shortage in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Workers of West Houston Assistance Ministries bring food packages to those who are in need at a food distribution site after winter weather caused food and clean water shortage in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Food packages are seen ready to give out to those who are in need at a food distribution site run by West Houston Assistance Ministries after winter weather caused food and clean water shortage in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

A worker of West Houston Assistance Ministries brings food packages to those who are in need at a food distribution site after winter weather caused food and clean water shortage in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

U.S. President Joe Biden observes a demonstration of the vaccine packaging process as he tours a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner?

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with employees while observing a demonstration of the vaccine packaging process as he tours a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner?

U.S. President Joe Biden observes a demonstration of the vaccine packaging process as he tours a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner


Packages of ashes are left near the altar at Rathmines Church Of Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners with a sign inviting people to help themselves to ashes during Ash Wednesday, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dublin Ireland. February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Packages of ashes are left near the altar at Rathmines Church Of Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners with a sign inviting people to help themselves to ashes during Ash Wednesday, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dublin Ireland. February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Members of Linkee, a solidarity solution to food wastage, prepare food packages during a food distribution to support students in Paris during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in France, February 11, 2021. Picture taken on February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

A member of Linkee, a solidarity solution to food wastage, prepares food packages during a food distribution to support students in Paris during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in France, February 11, 2021. Picture taken on February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

A member of Linkee, a solidarity solution to food wastage, prepares food packages during a food distribution to support students in Paris during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in France, February 11, 2021. Picture taken on February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Members of Linkee, a solidarity solution to food wastage, prepare food packages during a food distribution to support students in Paris during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in France, February 11, 2021. Picture taken on February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Members of El Salvador's National Civil Police examine cocaine packages obtained from a crime scene investigation on a boat, where a man was killed during an antinarcotics operation in the open waters, after dragging it back to San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Members of El Salvador's National Civil Police examine cocaine packages obtained from a crime scene investigation on a boat, where a man was killed during an antinarcotics operation in the open waters, after dragging it back to San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

An employee checks the packaging of preserved roses to be exported overseas, ahead of Valentine's Day, at Innovaflora Farm in Tocancipa, Colombia January 27, 2021. Picture taken January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Staff members check packages during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the Port of Taipei ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taipei, Taiwan, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Staff members check packages during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the Port of Taipei ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taipei, Taiwan, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang

A staff member checks a package during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the Port of Taipei ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taipei, Taiwan, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang

A health worker collects a saliva sample in a sealed package at a drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) saliva testing site, in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

A Tootsie Roll package is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A Fedex deliveryman prepares a package for a GameStop store amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A woman stands at an InPost locker with an ASOS package at her feet in Hackney, London, Britain, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Simon Newman

A health worker passes a package of gloves to a staff inside a locked down portion of the Jordan residential area to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hong Kong, China January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A worker carries a package of Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines that arrived from India as a gift to Bangladesh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Authorities handle a package of Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines at the storage of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), that arrived from India as a gift to Bangladesh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

A worker carries a package of Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines that arrived from India as a gift to Bangladesh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

A woman exercises on steps at the U.S. Capitol where Congress passed a massive COVID-19 aid and government funding package overnight, in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor as both chambers of Congress are aimed to pass the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) package in a marathon session on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor as both chambers of Congress are aimed to pass the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) package in a marathon session on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), walks from the Senate floor as both chambers of Congress are aimed to pass the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) package in a marathon session on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) co-chair with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members speaks at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno REFILE - CORRECTING ID

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members, speaks at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Dusty Johnson (R-SD), with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members, speaks at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) co-chair with the Problem Solvers Caucus, along with other members, speaks at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S. Monday, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building as the Democrats and Republicans continue moving forward on the agreement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Dusty Johnson, (R-SD), with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members speak at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Rep. Dean Phillips, (D-MN) with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members speak at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) co-chair with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members speak at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno REFILE - CORRECTING ID

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from his office to the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S. Monday, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S. Monday, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from his office to the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S. Monday, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S. Monday, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from his office to the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S. Monday, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from his office to the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from his office to the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package over the weekend, which still has to be voted on, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks back to her office after opening the House floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package the night before on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks back to her office after opening the House floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package the night before on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks back to her office after opening the House floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package the night before on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks back to her office after opening the House floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package the night before on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks back to her office after opening the House floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package the night before on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA., walks back to her office after opening the House floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package the night before on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) walks up the escalator following a press conference on an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) walk following a press conference on an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and a staff member walk following a press conference on an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno