{"id":2585633,"date":"2026-03-31T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-wants-airlines-to-end-perk-letting-lawmakers-skip-tsa-lines\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:48:11","slug":"johnson-wants-airlines-to-end-perk-letting-lawmakers-skip-tsa-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-wants-airlines-to-end-perk-letting-lawmakers-skip-tsa-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson wants airlines to end perk letting lawmakers skip TSA lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohnson-wants-airlines-to-end-perk-letting-lawmakers-skip-tsa-lines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>house Speaker Mike Johnson called on airlines to suspend the practice that allows members of Congress to bypass security lines until the Department of Homeland Security is fully funded. He told Fox &#038; Friends that he agrees with Delta air Lines\u2019 decision to scrap the perk and said lawmakers do not deserve special treatment during the DHS funding lapse. The piece places this stance against the backdrop of a ongoing DHS shutdown,pay issues for TSA workers,and airport delays that have persisted despite emergency steps to resume pay. Delta has temporarily suspended congressional specialty services due to resource strain caused by the shutdown. The article notes that Congress is on a two-week recess for Passover and Easter, and that House and Senate negotiators have not produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-reaches-deal-on-stopgap-funding-bill-as-shutdown-looms\/\" title=\"... Reaches Deal On Stopgap Funding Bill As ... Looms\">final funding agreement<\/a>, leaving DHS funding unresolved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Johnson wants airlines to pause perk letting lawmakers skip TSA lines until DHS is funded<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2544960\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) is calling on airlines to stop allowing members of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> the privilege of skipping security lines until the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> is fully funded. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson was asked during an appearance on <em>Fox and Friends<\/em> if he agreed with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/delta-air-lines\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3785\">Delta Air Lines<\/a> deciding to scrap the perk. The speaker said he agreed &ldquo;100% with the decision and that lawmakers did not deserve the special benefit during the DHS shutdown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4506216\/ai-push-hits-gop-resistance-data-centers\/\">Republican AI push hits internal resistance over data centers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4508372\/three-house-democrats-buck-jeffries-and-back-johnsons-60-day-dhs-funding-patch\/\">Three House Democrats buck Jeffries and back Johnson&#8217;s 60-day DHS funding patch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4507334\/house-passes-eight-week-dhs-deal-to-punt-shutdown-back-to-senate\/\">House passes eight-week DHS deal to punt shutdown back to Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There are some occasions where members of Congress get escorted around for security threats, heightened threat environments, and all that,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;But my members don&rsquo;t do that, they don&rsquo;t skip the line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If anybody&rsquo;s been taking advantage of a perk like that, bad look, obviously,&rdquo; the speaker added. &ldquo;Congress has to do its job. The first function, the first responsibility of government is to make sure that we&rsquo;re keeping the homeland safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&rsquo;s call comes as the DHS remains shut down with no path forward to reopen the agency that funds the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tsa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1557\">Transportation Security Administration<\/a>. Complicating the matter is that resolution seems even less likely as Congress has left Washington for a two-week recess to observe Passover and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/easter\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3860\">Easter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TSA employees had missed two pay periods before Trump signed an emergency order last week to pay the agents. Paychecks began going out on Monday, as many include money from the lapsed paychecks as well. Yet the nation&rsquo;s airports are still struggling to return to normal, as some TSA wait times have grown to well over three hours in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>The delays and stress points led Delta Air Lines to scrap its congressional specialty service last week. The perk allows members of Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delta-cuts-service-allowing-congress-to-bypass-tsa-lines\/\" title=\"... cuts service allowing ... to bypass TSA lines\">bypass typical airport security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/delta-suspends-major-travel-perk-for-members-of-congress\/\">temporarily suspend specialty services<\/a>&nbsp;to members of Congress flying Delta,&rdquo; a Delta spokesperson told the&nbsp;<em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4509818\/congress-pressure-two-week-recess-record-dhs-shutdown\/\">THUNE UNDER PRESSURE TO END TWO-WEEK VACATION AMID RECORD-LONG DHS SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4507334\/house-passes-eight-week-dhs-deal-to-punt-shutdown-back-to-senate\/\">punted a two-month continuing resolution<\/a>&nbsp;back to the Senate late Friday after rejecting the bipartisan deal Senate Majority Leader John Thune (D-SD) struck with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to fund everything at the DHS except ICE and Border Patrol. <\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chambers immediately left town<\/a> after passing their own deals, without reaching one that could make it to the president&rsquo;s desk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson asks airlines to pause lawmakers&#8217; TSA skip perk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2585634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/032726_WEX_HOUSE_LEADERSHIP-29-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6327,3673,9673],"class_list":["post-2585633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-airlines","tag-lawmakers","tag-tsa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/032726_WEX_HOUSE_LEADERSHIP-29-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585637,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585633\/revisions\/2585637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}