Transportation Security Administration agents have now worked more days unpaid than paid this fiscal year as the latest partial government shutdown hits its 43rd day. On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a promised executive action to pay workers after House Republicans rejected a Senate deal that would have ended the current shutdown. The Department of Homeland Security has said that TSA agents may receive paychecks as early as Monday.This is the third full or partial government shutdown that TSA agents have faced in just six months. During a shutdown, some federal workers are furloughed, and other essential workers, such as TSA agents, continue to work without pay. Workers are paid retroactively.The fiscal year began on Oct. 1 with a 43-day full government shutdown as lawmakers butted heads over healthcare subsidies. The historically long shutdown led to the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily reducing the number of flights at certain airports due to safety concerns amid staffing shortages.There has not yet been a reduction in flights since the current partial shutdown began on Feb. 14, but as workers continue to miss paychecks, TSA agents are resigning and calling out of work. The latest shutdown stems from disagreements about Department of Homeland Security funding amid Trump’s ramp-up of immigration enforcement.Similar debates caused a four-day partial government shutdown in early February.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
Transportation Security Administration agents have now worked more days unpaid than paid this fiscal year as the latest partial government shutdown hits its 43rd day.
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a promised executive action to pay workers after House Republicans rejected a Senate deal that would have ended the current shutdown.
The Department of Homeland Security has said that TSA agents may receive paychecks as early as Monday.
This is the third full or partial government shutdown that TSA agents have faced in just six months. During a shutdown, some federal workers are furloughed, and other essential workers, such as TSA agents, continue to work without pay. Workers are paid retroactively.
The fiscal year began on Oct. 1 with a 43-day full government shutdown as lawmakers butted heads over healthcare subsidies.
The historically long shutdown led to the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily reducing the number of flights at certain airports due to safety concerns amid staffing shortages.
There has not yet been a reduction in flights since the current partial shutdown began on Feb. 14, but as workers continue to miss paychecks, TSA agents are resigning and calling out of work.
The latest shutdown stems from disagreements about Department of Homeland Security funding amid Trump’s ramp-up of immigration enforcement.
Similar debates caused a four-day partial government shutdown in early February.
