House GOP Blocks Senate Plan, Airport Chaos Ensues

0:00On March 28th, House Republicans just shot down a bipartisan Senate plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security and pass their own bill late, Friday, keeping the full eight-week funding for all agencies including immigration and customs enforcement and border patrol. This move drags out a budget fight that's already sideline thousands of airport security workers, even though President Trump ordered pay for. Transportation Security Administration staff, through a new memo, travelers are feeling the heat with massive lines at airports like Houston's, where staff quit at rates near 500 and absences skyrocket, turning screening into a nightmare. Democrats in the Senate call the House bill dead on arrival without reforms to immigration enforcement, while Speaker Mike Johnson backs Trump fully. Slamming the Senate version as a border security joke, with both chambers heading into two week breaks, this standoff looks set to squeeze air travel and federal workers even longer before any real fix.

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