South Florida holiday travelers should plan well as government shutdown looms

"A shutdown could slow the operations of the Transportation Security Administration, whose employees staff airport checkpoints nationwide. As 'essential' employees, they are all required to work without pay, although many have called in sick during past shutdowns."

"On average, the TSA screens 2.5 million airline passengers across the nation each day. A shutdown could also 'potentially delay the deployment of new security technology equipment to airports,' the agency said."

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