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Key transportation priorities have remained sidelined with lawmakers deadlocked in a funding standoff over the Department of 91ÊÓƵland Security.

Airport wait times in Houston and Atlanta have eased after Transportation Security Administration officers received most of their missed pay. 

Airports have warned travelers that they should expect longer lines and to arrive early for their flights, as a partial government shutdown impacting DHS enters its fourth week. 

Though airlines say they expect normal operations to resume within three or four days after the order is lifted, some have suggested that problems might linger longer than that.

91ÊÓƵland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Nov. 13 the move would help TSA employees who took extra shifts to keep security lines moving as paychecks stopped.

The U.S. shutdown means air traffic controllers are about to miss their second paycheck. This past weekend, the FAA posted notices of large areas of airports or airspace that faced delays.

Legislation designed to facilitate commercial drivers’ applications for security credentials was recently cleared by Congress for President Joe Biden’s desk.

The Senate recently passed the bipartisan Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act, a bill meant to facilitate commercial drivers’ applications for security credentials.

A committee in the House of Representatives easily approved a bill meant to facilitate commercial drivers’ access to security credentials.

A committee in the U.S. Senate recently approved a bill that would facilitate commercial drivers’ applications for security credentials.