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Travelers may still have to deal with flight issues for days after the end of the government shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
President Donald Trump late Wedneday night signed a bill that will fund the government through Jan. 30 after the House passed it earlier Wednesday.
The catch is, though, bonuses will only go to a select number of TSA agents who went “above and beyond,” according to Noem’s statement. The Transportation Security Administration employs about 65,000 workers, of which more than 50,000 are transportation security officers.
Maryland will resume issuing 100% of federal SNAP benefits to recipients on Nov. 18, following the end of the government shutdown.
Whether the shutdown would actually end remained an open question for much of its duration, but increasing pressure, and a realization that Republicans weren't folding, forced Democrats' hand.
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President Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruption
House lawmakers are making a long-awaited return to potentially end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.
The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN.
The House of Representatives passed the Senate's bipartisan compromise to end the longest government shutdown in history on Wednesday night.