The Senate just unanimously approved a proposal that would end the special treatment members of Congress currently get at airports. This measure, which passed on a Thursday night, aims to strip away the privilege that allows lawmakers to speed through or completely bypass standard TSA screening checkpoints. This means they might soon have to wait in those notoriously long TSA security lines just like the rest of us.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the legislation. According to The Hill, his goal was pretty clear: to force his Democratic colleagues to experience the same airport chaos and lengthy security queues that the public has been enduring during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown. That shutdown, by the way, has now dragged on for a staggering 35 days.
