US Senate Majority Leader McConnell says pre-election Covid deal unlikely

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the White House and Congress were unlikely to reach a deal on a Covid-19 economic stimulus ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
 

"We do need another rescue package. But the proximity to the election and the differences of opinion what is needed at this particular juncture are pretty vast," he told a news conference in his home state of Kentucky.
 

The leading Republican in Congress, McConnell said he hoped lawmakers could rise above partisan jockeying to agree on "hopefully one last rescue package," but added: "I think that's unlikely in