The White House said it will continue to pursue a smaller pandemic relief bill after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that Democrats won’t consider a stand-alone measure to pass an airline relief bill.
“We’ve made very clear we want a skinny package,” White House spokeswoman Alyssa Farah told reporters. “We’re for direct payments, we’re for extension of PPP, and we'd like to see an airline bailout, but not part of a larger package.” She was referring to the Payment Protection Program, which was included in March’s CARES Act.
