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Lankford: ‘We Should Never Get to a Moment We’re Not Paying Federal Workers’
President Trump declared a national security emergency and directed DHS to pay TSA workers during a 40-day funding lapse caused by disputes over immigration enforcement funding.
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Congress Fails To Pass Latest DHS Funding Bill, Trump Signs Order To Pay TSA Workers After Weeks Of Withheld Checks
Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration workers after Congress failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as airport delays continue to escalate across the country. Source: Spencer Platt / Getty According to WBUR, the move is aimed at easing long security lines caused by staffing shortages, with TSA agents working without pay for weeks. Trump described the situation as urgent,…
Lankford: ‘We should never get to a moment we’re not paying federal workers’
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed for federal workers to be paid following recent tensions over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Congress. “We, by the way, I’ve got a bill that ends government shutdowns forever. You and I have talked about it before, this is a bipartisan bill, I believe…
Trump signs order to pay TSA workers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress. Read more...
New York. With the spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to make long queues yesterday at the security controls at U.S. major airports, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay agents of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Trump Signs Order to Pay TSA Workers After Congressional Deal Collapses
President Trump signed an executive action Friday to restore pay for Transportation Security Administration workers, declaring an emergency after a bipartisan Senate funding deal fell apart in the House — leaving the 44-day partial government shutdown with no clear legislative resolution in sight. Trump framed the situation as a national security crisis, saying the country’s air travel system had… Source
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