WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made progress in US stimulus negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin but a Tuesday deadline for a deal is looming, an aide to the Democratic lawmaker said Monday.
Negotiations over another stimulus package to help the economy ravaged by Covid-19 have gone on for months, with Democrats pushing a $2.2 trillion package but Republicans wanting to spend far less.
President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a $1.8 trillion rescue measure, though Trump signaled he could go bigger.
Pelosi spoke with Mnuchin again Monday and the two “continued to narrow their differences” after the Speaker on Sunday said…
