I think part of Pelosi reluctance to get covid deal done before election is it boosts the stock mark

[Scott Downey]

Boost the market, and it has been on big ride higher almost universally means incumbents get re elected.
She is playing politics with relief efforts.

 

[KenH]

“Prospects for an economic relief package in the next two weeks dimmed markedly on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) revealed that he has warned the White House not to strike an agreement with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the Nov. 3 election.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/20/trump-economic-stimulus-pelosi/

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

“Prospects for an economic relief package in the next two weeks dimmed markedly on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) revealed that he has warned the White House not to strike an agreement with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the Nov. 3 election.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/20/trump-economic-stimulus-pelosi/

With Pelosi in control, any deal to cure what ails is likely to be worse than the disease.

Mitch is certainly right that Pelosi is not negotiating in good faith.