Good morning, I'm Allison Michaels from The Washington Post, and this is the Daily 202 for Wednesday,

February 17th.

In today's news, the Texas Electrical Grid got crushed this week because its operators

didn't see the need to prepare for cold weather.

And a congressman sues Trump and Giuliani, accusing them of inciting the January 6th Capitol

riot.

But first, the big idea.

Congressional Democrats renewed their focus Tuesday on passing President Biden's $1.9 trillion

dollar coronavirus relief bill.

The Post's Erica Werner reports that with former President Donald Trump's impeachment

trial out of the way in the Senate, Democrats are preparing to push the coronavirus legislation

through a few final procedural hoops.

The House is expected to vote on the legislation next week.

From there, it would go to the Senate.

Biden participated in a CNN town hall event in Wisconsin on Tuesday night to discuss the

coronavirus and the economy.

He used the opportunity to promote his relief plan, which includes a new round of $1,400

stimulus checks, plus hundreds of billions of dollars for schools, for city and state

governments, for coronavirus testing, and for vaccine manufacturing and distribution.

The proposal would also increase emergency federal unemployment benefits from $300 a week

to $400 a week and extend them into the fall.

The benefits right now are set to expire March 14th.

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