Pelosi, Mnuchin Fail to Reach Deal on Stimulus in Monday Call

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday failed again to close major differences on a fresh stimulus for a U.S. economy facing a renewed surge in Covid-19 cases.

In their first call since last Wednesday, the two main negotiators still had not resolved language for a national testing and tracing program for the coronavirus, according to Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill.

Pelosi accused the Trump administration of “official malfeasance” in dealing with the pandemic.

Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

“We continue to eagerly await the Administration’s acceptance of our health language,” including the testing strategy, Hammill tweeted Monday. He said Pelosi and Mnuchin spoke for 52 minutes.

Pelosi remains “optimistic” about reaching a ...