White House Ups Stimulus Offer to $1.8 Trillion as Talks With Pelosi Resume

(L): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Washington on Sept. 18, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images); (R): Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington on Sept. 24, 2020. Toni L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images

The White House on Friday drafted a $1.8 trillion stimulus package to address the economic impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the coronavirus.

The new offer is a notch closer to the $2.2 trillion sought by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) who returned to the negotiating table on Thursday after President Donald Trump briefly cut off the talks.