The two will have a 2:30 p.m. phone call, according to a person familiar with the discussion who asked not to be named. Those talks will mark the first time that White House officials and Pelosi have spoken since stimulus talks hit an impasse on Aug. 7.
Meadows on Wednesday predicted there would be no stimulus deal with House Democrats until the end of September and they may be combined with the stopgap continuing resolution needed to prevent a Oct. 1 shutdown of federal agencies.
The sides are about $1 trillion apart in the talks with aid to state and local governments and the level of weekly unemployment insurance the biggest sticking points.
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