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Congress continually proposes bills like the Aviation Funding Solvency Act and Keep America Flying Act to ensure air traffic controllers and TSA agents receive pay during government shutdowns. However, these proposals consistently stall once normal funding resumes. The 2019 partial shutdowns impact on holiday travel and recent lapses have led to staffing shortages, flight cancellations, and TSA worker absences. Workers are suffering, with morale plummeting and some leaving their jobs. Unions and airline executives are urging broader fixes, but polarization has kept bipartisan proposals from advancing. Until public pressure builds, this cycle of delays and emergency pay orders is likely to continue, leaving aviation workers in limbo.

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