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- The Transportation Security Administration reported absences among its security officers fell to 8.6% on March 31, from 12.4% on Friday.
- The drop followed payment to workers who had gone six weeks without pay.
- Airports reported operations returning to normal after longer lines, with Atlanta at 29% absence and about 20% absent at Houston, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Philadelphia.
- A bipartisan Senate compromise bill passed, but House Republicans rejected it.
