As he promised in February, Pennsylvania Rep. Bill Shuster appears intent on trying again to convince his fellow lawmakers to privatize air traffic control in the U.S. With just six weeks left in the short-term FAA funding authorization that was approved March 15, Shuster is reportedly gathering support, Washington style, for the privatization plan, which proved wildly unpopular when he introduced it in February. "[Shuster] claims that he is getting votes every day," Rep. Pete DeFazio, D-Ore., the ranking member of the committee, told Morning Consult last week. "He's been going around offering people all sorts of things if they'll vote for his privatization."
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