What It Will Take for GOP, Democrats to Reach a Pandemic Relief Deal

Both sides clash over cost of the bill

Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows join President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders for a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on July 20, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Aug. 13 that talks between the White House and Democrats on COVID-19 relief will only resume when Republicans provide $2 trillion.

It isn’t clear when Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will meet again with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other White House officials.