00:00After 76 days without routine funding, a record for the agency, the Department of Homeland Security is finally back on
00:07stable financial footing after President Trump signed a long-awaited funding bill into law on Thursday.
00:14The legislation also delivers a critical injection of more than $26 billion into FEMA's depleted disaster relief fund, which had
00:22been forced into emergency rationing mode, an unprecedented situation during a funding lapse.
00:27The head of the American Federation of Government Employees called the signing long overdue while simultaneously renewing a push for
00:35the Shutdown Fairness Act, a bill that would require federal workers to be paid even when Congress fails to reach
00:42a budget deal.
00:42The standoff, which stemmed from Democratic opposition to certain DHS funding provisions, dragged on for more than two months and
00:50left tens of thousands of government employees working without any guarantee of a paycheck.
00:55The Shutdown Fairness Act remains stalled in Congress, leaving labor advocates warning that without structural reform, the whole painful episode
01:04could easily happen again.
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