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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · today 14:08 EDT

House Committee Backs Bill to Shield Air Traffic Control From Shutdown Chaos

If the bill passes Congress, it would remove a major bargaining chip that resulted in the end of the two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history.

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