Business Travel Group Warns of Financial Hit if TSA Funding Cut
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Airport security lines may be a little slower if the DHS funding bill doesn't pass, but travelers shouldn't expect major, noticeable differences at airports.
Travelers shouldn't panic about airport security getting chaotic if a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill isn't approved by later this month.
The prospect of the DHS furloughing 30,000, or 15%, of its employees looms, as Congress has until February 27 to extend more funding for the department which oversees agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Only "non-essential" personnel such as office staff would be fu
