WASHINGTON (WV News) — More than 15,000 flights across the country have experienced delays since Monday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration — one of the many tangible impacts of the ongoing government shutdown.

Continued disruptions to the nation’s air travel network are among the factors that “build the pressure” on Washington lawmakers to reach a compromise, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Friday.

“They had a ground stop at DCA [Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport] yesterday; Nashville has had one; Burbank, California, had to close their tower because they didn’t have an air traffic controller,” Capito said. “These are the kind of pressure points that are very difficult.”

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy acknowledged Thursday on Fox Business that a

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