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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to fire controllers who called in sick. Who actually has authority to end the shutdown and restart paychecks?
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Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse. When the Senate failed to pass appropriations bills on October 1, controllers worked without paychecks for 19 days. Secretary Duffy...
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