Relief may finally be coming for Atlanta travelers. The Senate voted early Friday morning to fund the Transportation Security Administration and most other Department of Homeland Security agencies, ending a standoff that left TSA workers unpaid for over a month.
The deal does not include funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol (those agencies were already funded separately). But it means TSA workers should finally get paid, and the four-hour security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson should start to ease.
The House still needs to pass the bill before Congress leaves for a two-week recess. President Trump had threatened to sign an emergency order to pay TSA workers if Congress didn't act. Multiple airports reported over 40% callout rates among TSA workers, and nearly 500 officers have quit during the shutdown.
