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Three Democratic Tennessee lawmakers are facing expulsion resolutions after Republicans said their gun control protest violated the chamber's rules of decorum -- an extraordinarily rare rebuke from state lawmakers following the Nashville school shooting. Tennessee's GOP Reps. Bud Hulsey, Gino Bulso and Andrew Farmer sponsored resolutions Monday in an effort to remove Democratic Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, arguing the lawmakers "did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives through their individual and collective actions" by shouting and pounding at the podium as part of their protest against gun violence last Thursday. MORE: Why semi-automatic rifles like those used in the Nashville shooting can cause so much damage Republican lawmakers including Speaker Cameron Sexton accused the trio of attempting to incite an insurrection, according to ABC affiliate WKRN. "That's absurd, factua...

A government shutdown could set the U.S. back "months, if not years" in its ongoing air traffic controller staffing shortage, the head of the workforce's union said. A government shutdown could set the U.S. back " months , if not years " in its ongoing air traffic control ler staffing shortage , the head of the workforce's union told ABC News Thursday. Close to 1,000 trainee air traffic controllers will be off the job next week if Congress doesn't reach a deal to fund the government. They have until the end of the day Sept. 30; the government shuts down 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 1 if they can't strike a deal. Roughly half of the controllers that would be furloughed are currently in training at the Federal Aviation Administration's facility in Oklahoma City. A shutdown would close that school and send its students home. MORE: Government shutdown would mean fewer controllers, potential flight disruptions "A few-day shutdown will incur months...