CQ Politics:

[Speaker of the House Nancy] Pelosi [(D-CA)] and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev. — whose chamber will return for a post-election session next week — have called for Congress to pass an economic stimulus package and Tuesday added plans for billion of dollars in new aid for Detroit's struggling automakers. But Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland have said they won't bring the House back unless President Bush and Senate Republicans agree to allow a stimulus and the auto industry aid to become law.

In separate statements, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asserted the need to hold a post-election session to bolster efforts to help the beleaguered auto industry.

"I am confident Congress can consider emergency assistance legislation next week during a lame-duck session," Pelosi said in a statement, "and I hope the Bush administration would support it."