Name: Enten: Trump’s 2nd term saw 40x more govt. shutdown time than other presidents
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There's some new optimism this morning that a deal to end the partial government shutdown will get the green light from Democrats and the White House.

A White House official telling CNN the deal seems to be acceptable, and

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this is as travelers, of course, have been facing these excruciatingly long security lines at some airports across the country.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten stepping into his role as the data guru.

So how much of this shutdown in TSA lines are how much are people noticing?

Because obviously, anyone going to the airport's going to notice,

but there are those who just might be wondering about what the heck's going on.

Yeah, you know, there are some government shutdowns, partial government shutdowns, where a lot of folks who are not affected by them directly don't really notice them.

Just take a look at the Google searches for the TSA.

Up 1,000%, up like a rocket from March 1st.

That is by far an all-time high for the number of folks who were searching for the TSA.

This is a government, partial government shutdown that can't hide from the American people.

And look, it's spring break as well, so a lot of people were either looking to travel or planning on traveling or were traveling.

How does each party feel about whether their side should stick to their guns and continue to let this shutdown happen?

Yeah, I think this is the key political question, right?

Because you see this up 1,000%, people are noticing.

And what you see in the polling right now is it was the Democrats, the Democrats who said their party should, in fact, stick to their guns, say it was worth a shutdown, a partial government shutdown over the funding of ICE and the GHS.

We're talking about 55% here, Dems on congressional debt.

Just 29% of Republicans said that their side, congressional Republicans, should, in fact, stick to their guns.

You see the Democrats saying, "You know what?

It is worth it," but the Republicans saying, "You know what?

Not really." And that's why they're coming to the table at this point.

Yeah, it looks like there could be a deal in place, hopefully soon.

Just how many of Trump's second in Trump's second term has had at least one shutdown as far as bipresident?

And I'm going to do two slides at once here, Sarah, so I know.

I'm going to switch the script because I'm getting the time cues in my ear here.

Percentage of the term that the government has shut down, look at this, 20%.

20% of Trump's second term, there has at least been a partial government shutdown.

That is 40 times the average of all the other presidents, just 0.5%.

There's been so much time wasted on these different government shutdowns.

No wonder Republicans want to get to the table.

But I will note that there is optimism going on here.

Chance that this shutdown goes past next Tuesday at 10:00 AM according to the Coucher Prediction Markets.

Now with the news coming out, only about half that.

Could, seems like what you're seeing behind me there at the airport, those long lines, could those actually be coming to an end?

There is a Republican plan to end the partial government shutdown, which, of course, has forced TSA officers to work without pay.

Just coming into us now at CNN, a White House official says that while conversations are ongoing, "This deal seems to be acceptable." That is an important point, especially after we heard from the president that he was not going to make a deal on Sunday.

This proposal would fund all of the Department of Homeland Security, except for a small portion of the ICE budget, which is actually funded by that big, beautiful bill from last year.

And then the plan for Republicans is to try to push through a bill without Democratic votes to fund the rest of ICE.

Now, all of this, of course, coming on the heels of that deployment for ICE agents to more than a dozen airports nationwide.

The Trump administration says they are there to help TSA officers who've been struggling to keep up amid staffing shortages.

CNN's Kevin Liptak is at the White House for us this morning.

So in terms of this possible deal, could be acceptable, that is a really important shift.

it is kind of the first glimmer of optimism that we have had over the course of this 39-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, that there may be a path out.

Republicans were here at the White House last night,

and they emerged relatively optimistic that this proposal that they have to fund the entirety of the agency, including TSA, except ICE, leaving that funding for down the road.

They seem fairly sure that this could be the pathway out of this shutdown.

Democrats, of course, have been demanding reforms to the immigration agencies.

This stops well short of applying all of those reforms,

but you do hear from Democrats, at least initially, before they have seen the final text, say that this could potentially be the most viable pathway out of this lockdown.

Of course, it will have to pass the House of Representatives, the very narrow Republican majority in the House doesn't make passing anything particularly easy.

And of course, President Trump will have to sign it.

He had rejected a plan that looked a lot like this one on Sunday night.

And in fact, he spent most of the day yesterday encouraging Republicans not to agree to a deal that doesn't include his new voter ID law, the Save America Act.

He said in Memphis yesterday, "Don't make any deal unless you include voter ID." But after that meeting at the White House last night, Republicans emerged relatively sure that the president would get on board and that they would pass these voter ID provisions down the line when they also try and pass that ICE funding.

And now, of course, a White House official saying that, yes, while the conversations are still ongoing, that the plan appears, at least on paper, to be acceptable.

Now, we will have to wait and hear from President Trump himself.

Of course, his word abides above all others, but as of now, official's fairly optimistic.

Of course, a deadline does help in all of this.

Many senators are eagerly awaiting their two-week recess, which begins on Friday.

Many of them also likely hoping to avoid those hellish TSA lines as they depart on that recess.

So that could potentially be a motivating factor as well.

Now, whether that TSA crisis ends immediately when the department is funded remains to be seen.

Remember, 400 TSA agents have already resigned as part of this because they weren't getting paid.

It doesn't seem clear that all of the lockdown will be resolved immediately once the funding goes through.

But at least for now, it does seem as if a pathway has been identified to resolving this crisis, Eric.

And a pathway, the first step there, Kevin, appreciate it.

And with more on what's happening at airports at this hour, I want to turn to our Ryan Young, who has been at Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the busiest airport in the world.

For days and days, we are seeing something that we have not seen in the last three days.

Well, there may be a celebration here at the airport before it's all said and done, especially for the folks who've been working nonstop, extra shifts.

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