trying to prevent bad publicity... the senate passes a measure (that politicians will just ignore) prohibiting preferential airport screening for lawmakers... as they can't arrange for TSA to get paid, it's not a good time to bypass the unpaid screeners

The Senate approved by unanimous consent Thursday a proposal to end the special treatment members of Congress get at airports that allows them to speed through or skip the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) screening checkpoints. https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill.com/homenews/senate/5793122-lawmakers-lose-tsa-expedited-passage