Pay the TSA!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, I am now entirely confused and don't understand what's happening.

Republicans are refusing to pay TSA officers or anyone else at DHS except CBP and ICE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House rejected it already today?

News says Johnson is going to refuse to allow a vote.

Yup

[Anonymous]

The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

[Anonymous]

Someone on FB posted that the security fee travelers pay on each airline ticket is TSA revenue, and there's always been money available to pay TSA. Can someone clarify?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

Americans have been held hostage ever since he came back to office. That’s his art of the deal- screwing over little guys relentlessly. He’s been doing it since the 1970s. I can’t even believe the white working class men voted for him after how many times Trump has screwed their brothers over.

They are truly a special class of idiot.

[Anonymous]

I hope every single GOP House member waits 4 hours in the TSA line and are booed for the entirety of it, as they travel home to put their feet up for 2 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

I asked Grok how the govt will pay for this and this is the answer I got:

Using already appropriated funds from Trump's 2025 tax and domestic policy bill (often called the "One Big Beautiful Bill" or OBBB), redirected by the EO for TSA pay and benefits during the partial DHS shutdown.<grok:render card_id="1955c9" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">1</argument></grok:render>

The EO directs the DHS Secretary (in coordination with OMB) to identify and use available funds that have a "reasonable and logical nexus" to TSA operations, consistent with appropriations law (e.g., 31 U.S.C. 1301(a)). This provides immediate/back pay without needing new congressional appropriations, treating airport security as a national security/emergency priority amid stalled funding talks.<grok:render card_id="ef2624" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">2</argument></grok:render>

Key sources with details:
- NPR: Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents<grok:render card_id="40c18a" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">0</argument></grok:render>
- Newsweek: When Will TSA Get Paid? Trump Funding Executive Order Explained<grok:render card_id="ec59e6" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">1</argument></grok:render>
- NYT: Trump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid<grok:render card_id="1d1222" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">2</argument></grok:render>
- CBS: Trump says he'll order DHS to start paying TSA officers<grok:render card_id="515922" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">17</argument></grok:render>

Implementation details come from DHS/OMB; it may be temporary if Congress finalizes a broader DHS funding deal. (Note: Trump announced the plan on March 26, 2026; exact signing/execution timing was pending as of latest reports.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

Sounds like the TSA pay is going to come out of the ICE budget from OBBA. While that’s completely illegal, sounds like a huge win for Dems that ICE isn’t getting another dime and now their slush fund will get drawn down paying TSA salaries for at least the rest of the fiscal year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

Sounds like the TSA pay is going to come out of the ICE budget from OBBA. While that’s completely illegal, sounds like a huge win for Dems that ICE isn’t getting another dime and now their slush fund will get drawn down paying TSA salaries for at least the rest of the fiscal year.

Don't forget border patrol. If this takes away wall funding to pay workers I'm all for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, I am now entirely confused and don't understand what's happening.

What’s happening is that the government is completely broken. The normal responsibilities of Congress have been surrendered and Trump will rule by EO, and SCOTUS is fine with it. So skip Congress and just ask Stephen Miller how America should be run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

Sounds like the TSA pay is going to come out of the ICE budget from OBBA. While that’s completely illegal, sounds like a huge win for Dems that ICE isn’t getting another dime and now their slush fund will get drawn down paying TSA salaries for at least the rest of the fiscal year.

Don't forget border patrol. If this takes away wall funding to pay workers I'm all for it.

Yep, and zero reason for any Dem to vote for a DHS bill for the remainder of the year since it can all come out of OBBA according to Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, Trump clams he can pay the TSA by executive order. ICE can get moved around to airports...its like this is all performative to harm Americans.

Why doesn’t Trump just order ICE to round up TSA workers and force them to work for no pay? ICE could also arrest families traveling with over spring break to reduce wait times for business class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I am now entirely confused and don't understand what's happening.

Republicans are refusing to pay TSA officers or anyone else at DHS except CBP and ICE.

Yup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are at war.

TSA is more critical than ever.

Where’s the leadership in Congress?

Send up a TSA-only bill to ensure the agency is funded and fully functional.

The Democrats have sent up 7.

Talk to the Republicans , who are using the TSA for leverage.

And it's entirely within Trump's power to declare an emergency and shift some funding. But he doesn't have to go through TSA on his way to Palm Beach today so he doesn't care.

Here's something I said here a week ago. Some rando on a mom board figured this out way before the administration did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House rejected it already today?

News says Johnson is going to refuse to allow a vote.

Yup

WHY
I don’t want republicans in charge unless they start taking away dementia find power, but this is cruel.