From city halls, the plea for COVID-19 aid is bipartisan

FILE—In this file photo from Dec. 19, 2019, Dayton mayor Nan Whaley gives an interview in her office in Dayton, Ohio. Whaley says she won't seek a third term, raising expectations the Democrat will seek higher office just days after she criticized Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. (AP Photo/Daniel Sewell, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2020 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden talks with Wilmington, Del., police officers as he departs The Queen theatre in Wilmington, Del. Local government leaders are trying again to secure billions of dollars in federal aid as they cobble together city budgets amid the economic uncertainty of the pandemic. But their quest for about $140 billion is subject to intense partisan wrangling over President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion proposed response to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)