Gov't Shutdown Ain’t Over Yet: Congress Went Home, TSA Workers In Limbo

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🗓️ 28 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Senate and the House rejected each other’s bills late yesterday, then headed home for Easter, leaving DHS unfunded for at least another 2 weeks. While President Trump signed an order to pay TSA workers, it’s unclear when they’ll be paid, how much they’ll be paid, and for how long?

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0:52.3	Thank you. Hey there folks, it is Saturday, March 28th, and the president announced he was going to order that TSA agents get paid.
0:56.1	The Senate came to a bipartisan agreement about ending the partial shutdown. So why is it here on this Saturday morning TSA agents are still stressed?
1:03.1	With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs, we were on recording yesterday and we
1:09.5	were a little gleeful.
1:11.7	We were a little excited.
1:13.7	Like, wow, great, they're going to get them paid.
1:15.6	This morning, I cannot believe where we are.
1:17.0	Yeah, I was so excited.
1:21.4	The Senate unanimously, after all of those failed voting attempts,
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