Timothy L. O'Brien & Nir Kaissar, Columnists

Time’s Up: Stop Playing Games With Covid Relief

The standoff over a stimulus deal puts American workers and families at risk.

Might not get legislation before Nov. 3.

Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

We aren’t statisticians, oddsmakers, pollsters or fortune tellers, so we can’t predict with certainty whether Congress and the White House will pull together a Covid-19 relief package before Election Day — or even shortly afterward.

But we’re going to hazard a guess that they won’t.