Washington | Hopes for a last-minute pre-election US stimulus package have been revived after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held talks over the weekend.

As the presidential election intensifies, with just over two weeks to go and more than 26 million votes already cast, US Treasury official Monica Crowley said on Twitter that Ms Pelosi and Mr Mnuchin spoke for an hour and 15 minutes on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) and agreed to speak again on Monday.