White House Is ‘Not Optimistic’ on Near-Term Deal for CCP Virus Relief Bill

President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting (2nd L–R) Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and Republican congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House on July 20, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Aug. 2 that COVID-19 relief legislation likely will not be passed in the near future as talks between Democrats and Republicans continue to stall.

“Yesterday was a step in the right direction,” Meadows told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I’m not optimistic there will be a solution in the very near term.”