The White House and Republicans are looking at ways President Donald Trump can sidestep Congress to pay TSA workers amid the current airport chaos.
The White House is mulling taking unilateral action to pay TSA agents after Democrats have repeatedly blocked funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The post DEVELOPING: White House May Take Unilateral Action to Pay TSA Officers appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
President says order will ‘address this Emergency Situation’ as TSA employees have gone without pay during disputeDonald Trump announced Thursday he will sign an order instructing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay Transportation Security Administration agents immediately.“I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland…
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social Thursday evening.
It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
President Donald Trump said he would sign an order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers in a bid to alleviate disruptions at US airports with lawmakers in Congress deadlocked on how to end a partial government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said bipartisan DHS shutdown talks are progressing after Republicans sent Democrats what he called a "last and final" funding offer.
President Trump on Thursday directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration officers amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.
