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Mullin said DHS payroll is about $1.6 billion every two weeks, and emergency funds are nearly exhausted after weeks of shutdown.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned on Tuesday that the agency will exhaust emergency funds by early May, leaving 50,000 workers unpaid and risking new airport security line disruptions.
- Following the partial government shutdown that began in Feb, Homeland Security has tapped emergency funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to cover payroll, which totals $1.6 billion every two weeks.
- With less than $1.4 billion remaining as of April 19, the agency risks repeating March disruptions when security lines exceeded four hours; more than 838 Transportation Security Administration officers have quit since Feb.
- American Federation Government Employees National President Everett Kelley warned that unless Congress passes a bipartisan funding compromise by Friday, April 24, Transportation Security Officers will go unpaid for a third time.
- Congress is proposing a two-track funding strategy to end the shutdown, but House Speaker Mike Johnson faces internal challenges unifying Republicans to advance the bipartisan bill required to fund TSA operations.
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Mullin Says DHS Emergency Funds May Be Gone by Early May as Shutdown Drags On
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security is running out of options to keep paying workers during the partial government shutdown, saying emergency funds used to cover payroll could be exhausted by early May.
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The Independent (US)DHS warns it will run out of money to pay security staff within weeks
‘That money is dried up,’ newly instated DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox & Friends
Homeland Security Secretary Warns DHS Running Out of Money to Pay Airport Workers - The Thinking Conservative News
DHS will run out of funding to pay federal airport security officers in the coming weeks if no congressional deal is made. The post Homeland Security Secretary Warns DHS Running Out of Money to Pay Airport Workers appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
Homeland Security Secretary Warns DHS Running Out of Money to Pay Airport Workers
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding to pay federal airport security officers in the coming weeks if no congressional deal is made, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on April 21. President Donald Trump in late March told DHS to use its emergency funds to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers who had gone without paychecks for several weeks because of a partial shutdown of the depar…
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