Homeland Security shutdown won't affect you at the airport

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The House of Representatives defeated a three-week temporary measure to fund Homeland Security on Friday, leaving a midnight shutdown for the agency looming

But U.S. travelers are unlikely to see an immediate impact at the airport.

The vast majority of DHS employees — including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) — are considered "essential," meaning they report to work even in the case of a shutdown

Of the department's 230,000 employees, some 200,000 will continue to report to work.

See also: TSA confiscated a record number of firearms in the past year

So airport security checkpoints will remain staffed, and air marshals and the Coast Guard will continue to work Read more...

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