Pelosi still resistant to scaled-down coronavirus relief deal, calls for negotiations to restart

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she wants to restart negotiations for a comprehensive coronavirus relief bill, but she still isn’t interested in adopting a scaled-down approach.

“We want the Republicans to come back to the table,” Mrs. Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference.

Despite her expectations that Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden, who is leading in the presidential vote count, will win, Mrs. Pelosi said a relief bill can’t wait for a Democrat in the White House.