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Constituents hound Senate offices over unprecedented passport backlog

By Emily Jacobs
Published July 24, 2023 10:31pm ET
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Constituents hound Senate offices over unprecedented passport backlog
Thousands of people have been calling Senate offices for assistance getting the necessary documents for overseas travel as the State Department’s passport processing backlog causes unprecedented delays. The State Department has said it expects to process about 25 million passport applications this year, an increase of 3 million from 2023. A department spokesperson told the […]


Thousands of people have been calling Senate offices for assistance getting the necessary documents for overseas travel as the State Department’s passport processing backlog causes unprecedented delays.

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