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Passengers stand in the TSA pre-check line at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday in New York.
Noah K. Murray
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It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
  1. Travelers are facing the longest TSA wait times in history
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