Pelosi, Mnuchin hope for Covid relief as Democrats mull new stimulus Bill

Mnuchin said he would pursue negotiations after the Nov. 3 election if no deal is reached ahead of it.

US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin both expressed hope for a breakthrough on Covid-19 relief on Wednesday, as they prepared to resume talks aimed at hammering out a bipartisan deal.

As House lawmakers began moving forward on a new $2.2 trillion Democratic coronavirus stimulus bill, Mnuchin said he thought that he and Pelosi could "reach a reasonable compromise" and would know in the next day or two whether they had an "overall understanding."

"We're both making a good faith effort to try to get this done. And I think we want to figure out