U.S. airlines were again holding out hope for another $25 billion in payroll aid after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed the possibility of standalone legislation for the struggling sector on Wednesday.
A plane passes the air traffic control tower at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files
Pelosi asked Mnuchin by phone on Wednesday to review DeFazio’s bill “so that they could have an informed conversation,” her spokesman, Drew Hammill, wrote on Twitter. A spokesman for Scott told Reuters on Wednesday he was waiting to hear whether an amendment to that proposal would get a vote. Pelosi’s conversation with Mnuchin came as the Trump administration signaled possible piecemeal legislation for airlines a day after abandoning talks over at least $1.6 trillion in additional coronavirus relief funds.
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