{"id":240101,"date":"2026-03-28T00:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:59:21","slug":"after-40-days-unpaid-sacramento-tsa-worker-questions-temporary-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240101\/","title":{"rendered":"After 40+ days unpaid, Sacramento TSA worker questions temporary fix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pres. Trump signed an executive order to restore pay on Monday, including back pay.<\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 More than 40 days after her last paycheck, Mary Becker said the financial strain is starting to feel overwhelming.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was another missed paycheck. You’re like, OK, now it’s real. Now, it’s scary. Now, I need to make plans,\u201d Becker said.<\/p>\n

Becker works for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Sacramento International Airport (SMF). As the partial funding fight in Washington drags on, she said each passing day without pay has grown more frustrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou kind of just go into a survival mode, and then you stress about it when you can,\u201d Becker said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday night, the U.S. Senate passed a funding bill that would keep the Department of Homeland Security funded, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n

Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff took to social media to blame Republicans for airport delays as TSA employees went weeks without pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is basically what Democrats offered weeks ago,\u201d Schiff said. \u201cAll of the chaos at airports, totally unnecessary, but just another facet of Republicans’ inability to govern. The House has to take this up ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Friday morning, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats and said he would not accept what the Senate passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question for the Democrats right now is \u2014 it’s a serious question \u2014 how long is this going to go on?\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAre we going to wait until someone brings a firearm onto a passenger airplane? Are we going to wait until we have a natural disaster that we cannot take care of?\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after Johnson\u2019s comments, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will pay TSA employees starting Monday. Their paychecks will also include back pay.<\/p>\n

Still, Becker said she does not see the move as a permanent solution. The House of Representatives is weighing whether to temporarily fully fund DHS through May 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives you that couple weeks to get paid, to bulk what you can, before that deadline’s about to hit again, where we’re going to go unpaid again,\u201d Becker said.<\/p>\n

The House must make a decision by the end of Friday before Congress leaves for a two-week break.<\/p>\n

President signs order to pay TSA workers amid DHS funding standoff<\/a><\/p>\n

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