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White House tries to revive air traffic control spinoff plan

June 22, 2018

Via: Politico

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a far-reaching proposal to reorganize the federal government, with four pages dedicated to our favorite department. The document makes clear that the administration still wants air traffic control operations taken out of the FAA, even though President Donald Trump abandoned a bill from House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster that would’ve done that. “It had a chance five months ago. I’ve passed an FAA bill and had to take out privatization,” Shuster told CQ’s Jacob Fischler. “[The bill] passed the House and the Senate’s not going to do it. So five months too late. Great idea.”

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