Trump has ordered TSA workers be paid, regardless of what Congress does. Here’s what we know | CNN Politics

With Congress’ debate over Department of Homeland Security funding now likely to extend for at least several more days, President Donald Trump on Friday issued a promised executive action that Transportation Security Administration employees be paid immediately. “I hereby direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to TSA operations to provide TSA employees with the compensation and benefits that would have accrued to them if not for the Democrat-led DHS shutdown, consistent with applicable law,” the president wrote. How that would work, exactly, is largely unclear. But TSA workers could start seeing their paychecks as soon as Monday, according to DHS. Some context: Roughly 61,000 TSA employees are missing their second full paycheck after funding for DHS, TSA’s parent agency, lapsed on February 14. The impasse has led to thousands of officers calling out and more than 500 quitting, resulting in massive security screening delays at airports nationwide in recent weeks. As talks to end the partial government shutdown broke down on Capitol Hill Thursday