Trump’s backing boosts air traffic control privatization in Congress

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President Trump’s proposal to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system has dramatically improved its chances in Congress and has even won over House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who declined to move a similar bill in the last Congress.

“He is supportive,” AshLee Strong, Ryan’s spokesperson, told the Washington Examiner Monday.

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