Roll Call reports that after a nationwide ground stop on 13 November 2026, Trump administration officials raised their air traffic modernization funding request from $30.1 billion to $50 billion, with Sean Duffy and Markwayne Mullin blaming an "incredibly old air traffic control system" for radar and communications instability. Congress, already negotiating dueling aviation safety bills, is weighing the ask, with committee leaders promising reviews and hoping for a lame-duck deal.