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Pelosi Signals 'Progress' with Trump Admin Over COVID-19 Stimulus Deal

Katherine Gypson

   With just hours left before a self-imposed deadline, U.S. House Speaker
   Nancy Pelosi says she and the Trump administration have made some
   progress in their negotiations over a second round of financial aid to
   address the coronavirus pandemic.

   Pelosi said Monday during a television interview that she and Treasury
   Secretary Steven Mnuchin narrowed their differences during an hour-long
   phone call earlier in the day. She said the administration has finally
   reached the point where they are ready to reach an agreement, and that
   the two sides will speak again Tuesday to determine where each side
   stands.

   "Let's make a judgment," Pelosi said onthecablenewsnetwork MSNBC. "We
   may not like this, we may not like that, but let's see on balance if we
   can go forward."

   Pelosi has set Tuesday as the final day to reach a deal with the Trump
   administration before the presidential and congressional elections,
   which are just two weeks away on November 3.

   If negotiations between the White House andtheDemocratic-majority House
   of Representatives fail, the next opportunity for negotiations on aid
   will come during a lame-duck session of Congress in November and
   December.

   Pelosi has said the two sides are far apart on providing emergency
   funding for cash-strapped state and local governments and language that
   spells out a COVID-19 tracing and testing strategy.

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