The White House is unable to repurpose funding to pay workers at the Transportation Security Administration during the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, a senior administration official told the Washington Examiner.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) floated the option as a possible lifeline for those going unpaid at TSA and other DHS agencies amid “slow-moving” immigration enforcement negotiations with Democrats in exchange for funding.
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