
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) are set to meet on Tuesday afternoon with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
The meeting, which two sources confirmed to The Hill, will be the first time administration officials and Democratic leadership have sat down for face-to-face discussions about a fifth coronavirus relief package.
It comes as Congress and the White House are under intense pressure to provide more relief with coronavirus cases climbing across the country and unemployment stuck in the double digits.
"Well, our message to them is let's get going," Schumer told CNN's "New Day" during an interview on Tuesday morning.
Schumer then pointed to differences between the White House and congressional Republicans as a reason for the stalled talks.
"The Republicans don't even seem to have their own act together. It's hard to negotiate when the president says one thing, Senate Republicans say another," he said.
"We hope they're going to be unified and present something to us ... in detail," Schumer added.
Lawmakers and the administration have weeks to get a deal before Congress is scheduled to leave town until early September.
Administration officials have said they want a deal by the end of the month, to line up with the soon-to-expire federal increase in unemployment benefits. The Senate is scheduled to leave town on Aug. 7, giving negotiators more flexibility.