The Department of Homeland Security shutdown stretches on. Congress adjourned for a two-week spring break Friday after the House and Senate passed vastly different funding bills, leaving no resolution in sight.
The Senate passed a deal early Friday that would have funded TSA and most DHS agencies. But House Republicans rejected it because it didn't include extra money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The House instead passed an eight-week stopgap bill with little chance of Senate approval.
President Trump signed an executive action Friday to pay TSA workers, citing airport security as a national emergency. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said paychecks should start arriving Monday.
But the broader shutdown continues. The partial closure hits 44 days on Sunday, surpassing last fall's 43-day government-wide shutdown. At Hartsfield-Jackson, about 40% of TSA workers have been calling out, though lines were surprisingly short Friday afternoon.
