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The bill appeared to be an effort to encourage an end to the ongoing lapse of funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate Republicans voted against a last-ditch effort from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to fund the Transportation Security Administration, as a shutdown fight over Department of Homeland Security funding barrels on.
We've reached 32 days into the DHS shutdown as airport delays tick up. When will the Senate vote to reopen? Here's partial shutdown updates today.
On Thursday, the Senate signed off on a measure that would force members of Congress to go through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints like everyone else, cutting off arrangements that let some lawmakers move ahead of the line.
The Senate failed to advance a bill to end the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday.
Just as many travelers face long, winding security lines across the US during the partial government shutdown, many may not realize the complicated path money takes to reach Transportation Security Administration officers’ paychecks.
In a rare Saturday session, the Senate failed to adopt two amendments to the SAVE America Act, an election reform bill backed by President Trump.
A senior Transportation Security Administration official is urging Senate Democrats to stop playing “political games” with security officers’ paychecks, warning that some airports may have to close if the call-out rate rises as the partial government shutdown continues.