US EditionVance and Duffy Warn Thanksgiving Travel ‘Could Be a Disaster’ if Shutdown Barrels On
Vice President JD Vance and industry leaders warn that the shutdown causes air traffic controller absences, risking major flight delays during Thanksgiving travel, urging lawmakers to act.
- On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance held a closed-door White House meeting with aviation officials, joined by Duffy and Sununu.
- Missing paychecks have prompted sick calls among air traffic controllers, straining operations as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Thursday that Thanksgiving travel will be snarled.
- United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby pressed lawmakers to pass a clean continuing resolution, urging `it is time to pass a clean CR` while declining a partisan stance.
- After the roundtable, Vice President JD Vance told reporters his remarks targeted Democratic lawmakers and said, `You do not get to take the American people's government hostage and then demand that we give you everything you want.`
- House GOP frustration surfaced as Speaker Mike Johnson said the conference was `just fed up` with the shutdown, while Vice President JD Vance said all it takes is five Democrats joining three moderate Democrats and 52 Republicans to reopen the government.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance said a prolonged government shutdown would likely snarl travel during the busy holiday period, as the administration seeks to ramp up pressure on Democrats over the funding standoff.
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