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Guardians of the Republic: TSA Absenteeism Crisis · Palafox Media Network

Tony Hughes: Yeah, I'll tell you the, you know, there's a serious problem with airports right now with TSA. You know, TSA, they're quitting, they're showing up. know, rate of is through the roof right now with TSA people and understandably so not getting paid. Jonathan Cole: Thank you. Tony Hughes: ⁓ know, as I understand the Democrats did put legislation on the floor to fund the Coast Guard to fund TSA and the cybersecurity and the Republicans blocked that because it was it was not the entire DHS budget. You know, I heard ⁓ heard Thune to Brett Hume on Fox News earlier this afternoon and he had a pretty extended interview about that. And he said that Jonathan Cole: Yeah. Right. Tony Hughes: They just don't have the votes to override the filibuster. He said that right now there's a majority of Republicans that would not override the filibuster because they know that one the Democrats will be in control and they don't want the Democrats to pull this on them. So they're at least honoring that 60 vote margin requirement.