TSA disruptions set to snarl spring break travel as partial government shutdown continues
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Thanks to a partial government shutdown affecting TSA and other agencies, potential travel troubles are looming just as spring breakers get set to take off.
Potential travel troubles are looming just as spring breakers get set to take off.
TSA workers missed their full paychecks on Friday due to the ongoing partial government shutdown caused by a standoff between Democrats and Republicans over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
"You have now agencies of government with employees who aren't going to get paid that perform important national security functions," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). “People are starting to travel. They're hitting the airport and the lines are getting longer and longer and longer.”
And there’s worry those lines could continue to grow longer with TSA agents being absent.
“Some of them have to call out, some of them probably have to take other jobs so they can't meet the regular shifts, which is resulting in bottlenecks at some major airports,” said Eric Rosen, Director of Travel Content for The Points Guy.
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