Politics
Trump torpedoes bipartisan compromise on TSA funding impasse, as travelers wait hours in security lines.
Travelers line up at the South Terminal for TSA security checks early Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during the partial government shutdown on March 23, 2026. TSA officers have been working without pay for weeks amid the shutdown. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)
If you really want to get mad about the chaos unfolding at the Atlanta airport, consider a bill from Texas Sen. John Cornyn that passed the Senate unanimously last week.
The bill would stop members of Congress from getting a little-known perk when they’re flying in and out of American airports, namely skipping the security lines manned by the Transportation Security Administration.
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Clarification
An earlier version of this article included a statement from Delta Air Lines in response to a query about its Capitol Desk operations. Delta has clarified that while its Capitol Desk remains open, its elite services for members of Congress are suspended.
Patricia Murphy is the AJC’s senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Patricia Murphy is the AJC’s senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
