{"id":63252,"date":"2026-03-21T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63252"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:10:25","slug":"rules-for-thee-and-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63252","title":{"rendered":"Rules For Thee And For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about a law passed in the Senate that would exempt lawmakers from special treatment at airport security lines–lawmakers would have to wait in line just like everyone else.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Senate passed a bill to end lawmakers\u2019 special privileges to bypass airport security lines late Thursday night while security personnel continue to manage hours-long lines while working without pay through a partial government shutdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act was introduced by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and approved by unanimous consent because no senators were present on the floor to object to the legislation. The bill passed as the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (DHS) shutdown prepared to enter its 35th day \u2014\u00a0tied<\/a> for the second-longest in American history \u2014\u00a0with Transportation Security Administration (TSA<\/a>) workers struggling<\/a> to manage a surge in spring break travelers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…\u201cMaybe, just maybe, if Congress has to live under the same laws that everybody else does, it will motivate us to get our work done. In other words to fund the [DHS],\u201d Cornyn said<\/a> on the Senate floor Thursday night. \u201cSo no American, no air traveler will have to suffer the disruption and tribulations that many, many travelers are having to experience now. It\u2019s not too much to expect that Congress will be subject to the rules as everybody else.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The legislation now awaits passage in the House, and then would go to President Donald Trump\u2019s desk for signature. The TSA is an agency of the DHS.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope this law is passed in the House and signed into law in as short a time as possible!<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Air travel worker unions, airlines<\/a> have called on Congress to resolve differences and restore funding as stress mounts on workers, and TSA specifically called on Democrats<\/a> to stop withholding their votes to end the shutdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe shutdown is having very real consequences, and hardworking federal aviation workers, the airline industry and our passengers are being used as a political football once again. This is simply unacceptable and un-American,\u201d Airlines for America president and CEO Chris Sununu, a former Republican governor of New Hampshire, said in a statement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cornyn is currently locked in an extremely expensive runoff primary<\/a> contest against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that President Donald Trump and Cornyn\u2019s Senate counterpart, Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, have chosen to stay out of. Trump said he will make an endorsement soon, and Paxton said he will drop out<\/a> of the race if the Senate passes the SAVE America Act<\/a>. Soon after, Cornyn advocated<\/a> to eliminate the Senate\u2019s 60-vote filibuster threshold despite defending<\/a> the protective measure in 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Democrat who continues to vote for this shutdown should be re-elected!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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