The chair of the Senate Banking Committee is reportedly urging federal regulatory agencies to take discretionary action to halt evictions and loosen rules for loans as congressional negotiators struggle over the next round of coronavirus stimulus legislation.

Politico reported Monday that Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) sent a letter Friday to top officials at various federal agencies asking them to keep up the search for ways to help citizens and businesses recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic.

"Although there are already early, encouraging signs that the U.S. economy is beginning to heal, federal financial regulators must remain diligent, and continue to provide relief in light of a pandemic and economic conditions that continue to evolve," the letter reportedly reads.

Among the recipients of the letter reported by Politico were top officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Reserve, as well as other smaller agencies such as the National Credit Union Administration.

The language and timing of Crapo's letter suggests that top Senate Republicans still view the possibility of passing a second major round of economic stimulus in the near future with skepticism. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has indicated that he believes more than a dozen GOP senators could wind up voting against any stimulus package that makes it to the floor.

"I think there are 15-20 of my guys that are not going to vote for anything. ... It's a statement of the obvious that we will not have everybody on our side," McConnell told a Kentucky radio station late last month.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) are meeting again Monday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as the two sides try to reach some kind of a deal before the August recess.