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DHS shutdown enters seventh week as Senate funding bill stalls
Politics

DHS shutdown enters seventh week as Senate funding bill stalls

The US Senate has failed for a seventh time to advance a bill partially funding the Department of Homeland Security, now shut down for nearly six weeks. Trump announced he will bypass Congress entirely by signing an executive order directing new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA agents immediately, as workers face yet another missed paycheck. The Education Department has separately been ordered to vacate its headquarters in August, with the larger Energy Department set to take over the building.

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Sources
Trump to sign order for DHS to pay TSA agents ‘immediately’ amid funding standoff

Trump to sign order for DHS to pay TSA agents ‘immediately’ amid funding standoff

The Guardian · Mar 26

US Senate fails for seventh time to advance bill to partly fund DHS

US Senate fails for seventh time to advance bill to partly fund DHS

The Guardian · Mar 27

Mar 27

The depleted Education Department will move out of its headquarters

NPR · 1:51 AM

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Mar 27

Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal

NPR · 12:17 AM

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