参议员克里斯·墨菲表示，在伊朗战争授权法案提交参议院之前，民主党人不应该就其他立法进行辩论。
作者：亚当·帕克、亚历克斯·米勒
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月9日 美国东部时间下午3:55
福克斯新闻首席国会记者查德·佩尔格拉姆报道，国土安全部（DHS）停摆已进入第三周，政府未提供资金，导致机场出现严重延误和长队。运输安全管理局（TSA）特工无薪工作，导致人员短缺。
参议院共和党人指责民主党同僚在国会党团似乎准备升级国土安全部（DHS）资金争议的情况下“玩政治游戏”。
在持续数周的部分停摆期间，重新开放国土安全部的进展微乎其微，导致共和党人对全国各地机场长时间等待和航班延误的强烈抗议。一些民主党人威胁要继续阻挠国土安全部的资金，除非采取严肃行动限制唐纳德·特朗普总统在中东的战争权力。
“在共和党人将战争授权法案提交美国参议院之前，我们不应该让他们就其他立法进行辩论，”康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲周一告诉《NOTUS》（注：可能是笔误，应为“Fox News”或其他媒体）。
作为负责国土安全部资金的拨款小组最高民主党成员，墨菲帮助领导了其政党在没有全面改革移民执法的情况下扣留该部门资金的努力。
墨菲对特朗普伊朗打击行动的新威胁——冻结参议院事务——凸显了一些民主党人准备延长资金斗争，尽管航空旅行受到的影响越来越大。
上周，参议院否决了一项两党决议，该决议本可以限制特朗普未来对伊朗发动打击的能力。然而，墨菲表示，民主党人限制总统对伊朗发动战争权力的尝试才刚刚开始。
阿拉巴马州共和党参议员、参议院国土安全资金小组主席凯蒂·布里特对墨菲的“指令”嗤之以鼻。
“我们看到民主党人的拖延策略并没有改变这样一个事实：由于他们的政治游戏，机场排队队伍越来越长，负责保障我们国家安全的人员被迫无薪工作，”布里特在发给福克斯新闻数字版的声明中表示。
布里特是参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩指定的与参议院民主党人就国土安全部进行谈判的负责人，她指责民主党同僚在部分停摆进入第四周时拒绝与共和党人坐下来谈判。
“我敦促我的民主党同僚停止将政治置于人民之上，为国家的安全做正确的事情，”她说，“这首先要进行对话，这样我们才能找到前进的道路。”
全国机场周一报告称，运输安全管理局（TSA）员工缺勤率激增。约5万名国土安全部雇佣的TSA人员上周仅收到部分薪水后，仍在无薪工作。
特工们要等到部分停摆结束后才能收到下一次薪水。
新奥尔良机场周一建议乘客至少在航班起飞前3小时到达，理由是TSA人员短缺。休斯顿机场系统的乘客也被敦促在出发前4至5小时到达。
“停摆正在产生非常实际的后果，勤奋的联邦航空工作人员、航空业和我们的乘客再次成为政治皮球，”美国航空业协会首席执行官、前新罕布什尔州州长克里斯·苏努努在一份声明中表示，“这简直不可接受，也不符合美国精神。”
在2025年底创纪录的政府停摆期间，TSA员工也曾被迫无薪工作。
尽管对特朗普在伊朗的军事行动存在新的安全担忧，国会参众两院的大多数民主党议员上周仍投票支持继续国土安全部停摆。一项两党法案将为国土安全部提供本财年剩余时间的资金，而民主党人对此表示强烈反对。
纽约州民主党参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默要求联邦移民官员停止戴口罩，并在进入家庭和企业前获得司法令状等改革，以解锁该机构的资金。
参议院民主党人和白宫一直在谈判，但尚未达成协议。政府的最后一次反建议是近两周前提出的，但到目前为止尚未被国会民主党人接受。
一些共和党人希望特朗普决定任命俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员马克韦恩·穆林领导国土安全部能软化民主党人的反对，但该党继续对资助该机构采取强硬立场。民主党人曾主张罢免即将卸任的国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆，作为他们众多要求的一部分。
民主党对参议院事务的阻挠将危及一项旨在增加经济适用房供应的两党住房法案的通过，该法案目前正在参议院审议中。特朗普支持的选民身份证立法也将受到影响，但民主党人预计会广泛反对这项被称为《SAVE美国法案》的措施。
福克斯新闻数字版已联系墨菲办公室寻求进一步置评。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6390633890112
Katie Britt blasts Democrat for playing ‘political games’ with shutdown amid airport chaos
Sen Chris Murphy says Democrats shouldn’t debate other legislation until Iran War authorization comes to Senate floor.
By Adam Pack, Alex Miller
Fox News
Published March 9, 2026 3:55pm EDT
Fox News’ chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the DHS shutdown entering its third week without funding, causing significant delays and long lines at airports. TSA agents are working without pay, leading to staffing shortages.
Senate Republicans are accusing their Democratic counterparts of playing “political games” as the caucus appears ready to escalate the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
There’s been little movement to reopen DHS during the weekslong partial shutdown, leading to outcry from Republicans over long wait times and missed flights at airports across the country. Some Democrats are threatening to continue their blockade of DHS funding unless serious action is taken to rein in President Donald Trump’s war powers in the Middle East.
“We shouldn’t let Republicans debate other legislation until they bring a war authorization to the United States Senate,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told NOTUS on Monday.
Murphy, the top Democrat on the appropriations panel overseeing DHS funding, has helped lead his party’s push to withhold funding for the department absent sweeping reforms to immigration enforcement.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks to reporters following a briefing by Trump administration officials to members of the Senate on U.S. strikes on Iran at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
His new threat to freeze Senate business over Trump’s Iran strikes underscores that some Democrats are prepared to extend the funding fight despite mounting impacts on air travel.
The Senate rejected a bipartisan resolution last week that would have narrowed Trump’s ability to launch future strikes on Iran. However, Murphy is signaling that Democrats’ attempts to limit the president’s power to wage war against Iran are just getting started.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., the chair of the Senate Homeland Security funding panel, scoffed at Murphy’s edict.
“The delay tactics we’re seeing from Democrats don’t change the fact that, because of their political games, lines at airports are growing, and the people tasked with keeping our homeland safe are being forced to do so without a paycheck,” Britt said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Britt, who Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., tapped to lead DHS negotiations with Senate Democrats, accused her counterparts of refusing to sit down with Republicans as the partial shutdown enters its fourth week.
“I urge my Democratic colleagues to stop putting politics above people and do what’s right for the security of our nation,” she said. “That starts with having a conversation so that we can find a pathway forward.”
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., walks through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Airports nationwide reported a spike in absences among Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees on Monday. Roughly 50,000 TSA personnel — who are employed by DHS — are reporting to work without pay after receiving just a fraction of their salaries last week.
The agents will not receive another paycheck until the partial shutdown ends.
The New Orleans airport on Monday advised passengers to arrive at least three hours before their flight, citing a shortage of TSA employees. Passengers traveling through the Houston airport system have also been urged to arrive four to five hours before their departure.
“The shutdown is having very real consequences, and hardworking federal aviation workers, the airline industry and our passengers are being used as a political football once again,” Chris Sununu, CEO of Airlines for America and former New Hampshire governor, said in a statement. “This is simply unacceptable and un-American.”
TSA employees were also forced to forgo pay during the record-breaking government shutdown in late 2025.
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, March 9, 2026.(Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A majority of Democratic lawmakers in both chambers voted to continue the DHS shutdown last week despite new security concerns over Trump’s military operation in Iran. The bipartisan measure that Democrats overwhelmingly opposed would fund DHS through the remainder of the fiscal year.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has demanded that federal immigration officers stop wearing masks and obtain judicial warrants before entering homes and businesses, among other reforms, in order to unlock funding for the agency.
Senate Democrats and the White House have been negotiating, but a deal has yet to materialize. The last counteroffer from the administration came nearly two weeks ago but has so far not been accepted by congressional Democrats.
Some Republicans hoped that Trump’s decision to tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to lead DHS could soften Democrats’ opposition, but the party has continued to take a hard line against funding the agency. Democrats had advocated for outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s ouster as part of their numerous demands.
A Democratic blockade of Senate business would jeopardize the passage of a bipartisan housing bill aimed at growing the supply of affordable homes, which is currently under consideration in the upper chamber. Trump-endorsed voter ID legislation would also be impacted, but Democrats were already expected to widely oppose the measure, known as the SAVE America Act.
Fox News Digital reached out to Murphy’s office for additional comment.
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