Deal emerges to end Homeland Security budget standoff as TSA disruptions deepen

[Uncle Joe]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators raced Tuesday to clinch an emerging proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department, including the unpaid Transportation Security Administration airport workers, but excluding ICE operations that have been core to the dispute.

The sudden sense of urgency comes as U.S. airports are snarled by long security lines, with travelers being told to arrive hours before their flights in Houston, Atlanta and Baltimore Washington International. Routine Homeland Security funding was halted in mid-February ahead of the busy spring travel season. Nearly 11% of TSA workers — more than 3,200 — missed work Monday, and at least 458 have have quit altogether since the shutdown began, according to DHS.

Democrats are refusing to fund the department without restraints on Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda after agents killed two citizens in Minneapolis.

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On Tuesday, Delta Air Lines confirmed it was suspending its specialty services for members of Congress amid the shutdown, meaning those who fly with the carrier will be treated like other passengers based on their SkyMiles status. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported the suspension. Delta’s Capital Desk reservations line still remains open.

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https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-funding-ice-airport-security-lines-ed04ac573dfb27e939b7234cc8245b16

[in2herbs]

1. Wanna bet that the decision by the Rs in Congress was because Delta was closing down one of

their travel perks??

[ratchiweenie]

2. From what I read, the deal includes several SAVE bill consessions by Democrats. Hope that is not true.