TSA workers brace for missed paychecks as Democrats hold firm on DHS funding
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are on the cusp of working without pay, and there is no backup plan in place to ensure they don’t miss a check.During the longest...
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are on the cusp of working without pay, and there is no backup plan in place to ensure they don’t miss a check. During the longest government shutdown in history last year, the White House was able to shift around funding from the GOP’s "big, beautiful bill" to ensure that military service members were paid. But TSA workers won’t get the same treatment. Over 60,000 TSA workers are set to receive partial paychecks this week for the work they did before funding expired earlier this month. They won’t get another paycheck until Congress can land on a deal to fund the agency. AGENCY THAT NABBED 'EL CHAPO,' 'DIDDY' THREATENED AS DEMOCRATS' DHS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON And the likelihood of that wrapping sooner rather than later is low. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that if the Trump administration could "figure out a way to pay government employees, absolutely." "I mean, these are people who have jobs and have commitments and have families," Thune said. "And, you know, it's going to be really unfortunate if we get to a point where I hope we don't, where people aren't getting paid because the Democrats continue to insist on changes to things that are just not feasible or tenable." DHS SHUTDOWN EXPLAINED: WHO WORKS WITHOUT PAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO AIRPORTS AND DISASTER RESPONSE But a White House official told Fox News Digital in a statement that, like the 43-day shutdown, the Trump administration would be able to transfer funding "to cover certain employees at DHS that were funded by the bill — namely law enforcement and active-duty military such as USCG." "TSA has not been part of that, as they have a different funding stream from these other agencies," the official said. Republicans believe that a key difference maker in the shutdown could be longer lines at airports and flight cancellations start to stack up as workers go without pay and take time off. A similar scenario played out during the previous shutdown,…