{"id":29502,"date":"2026-03-25T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=29502"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:15:37","slug":"breaking-senate-republicans-block-tsa-funding-for-10th-time-in-3-weeks","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/breaking-senate-republicans-block-tsa-funding-for-10th-time-in-3-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Senate Republicans Block TSA Funding for 10th Time in 3 Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the 10th time in three weeks, Senate Republicans block TSA funding<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 <\/strong>Senate Republicans today blocked TSA funding for the 10th time in three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This afternoon, Senate Republicans blocked an attempt<\/a> from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to pay TSA personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night, Senate Republicans also blocked<\/a> a motion from Senate Democrats to pay TSA agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans have now blocked TSA funding 10 times in three weeks. Donald Trump\u2019s obstruction is denying TSA workers pay and creating havoc at airports. Republicans must stop blocking TSA funding immediately,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is now the 10th time in 3 weeks that Republicans have blocked funding for TSA<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Thursday, March<\/strong>\u00a05<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to fund FEMA, TSA, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, CISA, and other important DHS components.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Wednesday, March<\/strong>\u00a011<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to fund FEMA, TSA, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, CISA, and other important DHS components.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Friday, March<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>12<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Wednesday, March 18<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Thursday, March 19<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. Thursday, March 19<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) to fund FEMA, TSA, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, CISA, and other important DHS components.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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              1. Saturday, March 21<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0voted against<\/a>\u00a0straightforward legislation to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                1. Monday, March 23<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                  1. Tuesday, March 24<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked<\/a>\u00a0straightforward legislation to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                    1. Wednesday, March 25<\/strong>: Senate Republicans\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a>\u00a0offered by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to pay TSA workers while broader negotiations continue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                      For the 10th time in three weeks, Senate Republicans block TSA funding Washington, D.C. \u2014 Senate Republicans today blocked TSA funding for the 10th time in three weeks. This afternoon, Senate Republicans blocked an attempt from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to pay TSA personnel. Last night, Senate Republicans also blocked a motion from Senate Democrats to pay TSA agents. \u201cRepublicans have […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29502","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29503,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29502\/revisions\/29503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}