Overview
- The Senate approved partial funding for the Department of Homeland Security after weeks of missed TSA paychecks during a partial government shutdown.
- Unpaid shifts left some checkpoints thinly staffed and produced long waits at major airports, including Atlanta and Houston.
- Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough accused Republicans of repeatedly voting down efforts to pay TSA agents and told them to “pay these people.”
- Scarborough linked the pay lapse to higher security risk given threats tied to Iran and said police and security officials warned of that danger.
- The show criticized GOP leaders for prioritizing the SAVE America Act, a Republican voter registration proposal, and argued the prolonged standoff hurt the party politically.