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In an attempt to secure funding for the TSA, U.S. Senators brought a plan to the Senate floor again, but failed to get enough votes for it to pass.
Senate Democrats' bid to pass a standalone TSA funding bill failed after Senate Republicans blocked the vote, as agents continue working without pay during the DHS shutdown.
WASHINGTON — The Senate failed to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, as airline passengers fought through lengthy lines and a growing number of Transportation Security Administration employees began calling out sick.
A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security has failed to advance in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports.
Border czar Tom Homan is expected back on Capitol Hill later Friday for bipartisan talks.
Senate Republicans on Saturday voted against an unusual procedural gambit by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to suspend the Senate rules and advance a bill through the Rules Committee to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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The World Central Kitchen initiative is feeding TSA officers in Baltimore, Maryland, amid a partial government shutdown impacting thousands of Americans. Naomie Germain, a distribution manager for World Central Kitchen,
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says smaller airports are at risk of closing due to staffing shortages caused by an ongoing partial government shutdown.
Nonprofits and airport communities across the country are helping feed Transportation Security Administration officers who are working without pay during the partial government shutdown.