Source: New York Post
Republican lawmakers are accusing their Democratic counterparts of “undermining” national security and emergency preparedness amid the partial government shutdown that has left the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unfunded for more than a week. The lapse in federal funding – the third in the last three months – is affecting the Secret Service, Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several other DHS components while at the same time preparations are underway for President Trump’s State of the Union address and the northeast reels from a blizzard that dropped more than two-and-a-half feet of snow. “As another bout of extreme winter weather hits the Northeast, FEMA and TSA personnel are once again facing uncertain pay due to a Democrat shutdown,” read a post from the GOP-controlled House Homeland Security Committee on Monday.
