Saying they’re “no where close to a deal,” the White House and Democratic leaders ended discussions today over a new round of relief for the American people during the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Post reports.

Because of the impasse, there is little hope of a solution for the millions of Americans relying on supplemental unemployment payments or eviction prevention policies.  Those federal policies expire Friday.

“I don’t know that there is another plan, other than no deal,” said White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. “Which will allow unemployment, enhanced unemployment, I might add, to expire. … No deal certainly becomes a greater possibility the longer these negotiations go.”

The negotiations with Democrats House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer started with the two parties far apart.  House Democrats passed a sweeping $3 trillion deal that would extend many of the assistance in the first round of aid.

Senate republicans passed a one trillion dollar package earlier this week that included funding for a new FBI building, renovating the West Wing, and $8 billion in military programs.  The Senate bill also included a reduced unemployment supplemental payments.

Democrats said republicans proposed a “skinny bill” that wouldn’t address the ongoing needs of Americans in crisis because of the coronavirus, which is seeing a new spike in cases, particularly in the Sunbelt.

“We don’t know why the Republicans come around here with a skinny bill that does nothing to address really what’s happening with the virus, and has a little of this and a little of that. We’re not accepting that,” Pelosi said. “We have to have the comprehensive full bill.”