2026-03-20T20:19:37.620Z / CNN政治新闻
作者：[卡米拉·德查卢斯]，[维罗妮卡·斯特拉夸尔西]
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发布于2026年3月20日，美国东部时间下午4:19
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3月15日，弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的罗纳德·里根国际机场，乘客们排队进入TSA安检口。
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国土安全部停摆已逾一个月，国会山议员们开始审视自身的出行特权，同时担忧资金短缺可能加剧全美本已人手不足的机场的运营问题。
国会议员在往返华盛顿时，通常可享受快速安检并申请安全护送服务。美国运输安全管理局（TSA）表示，由于资金僵局，护送服务已暂停。但停摆对隶属国土安全部的TSA造成的影响，引发了关于议员出行方式及是否应享有特殊待遇的新疑问。
美国参议院周四通过一项法案，要求国会议员今后需与所有乘客接受相同的安检程序，并终止为其快速通道使用联邦资金。CNN已联系众议院领导层询问该法案相关情况。
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该法案在共和党主导的众议院的未来尚不明朗，但已有部分议员表示支持终止此类特权。
“公务员不应在任何方面获得特殊待遇或特殊通道，无论何时何地。我对此的看法就是如此。”宾夕法尼亚州共和党众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克告诉CNN。
俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登表示，这一问题在其选民中引起共鸣。“在市政厅会议上，我越来越多地听到人们希望参议员和其他人一视同仁，”他说。
众议员安娜·保利娜·卢娜在X平台上表示，TSA应立即停止为继续导致国土安全部停摆的参议员提供所有护送服务。
据国土安全部称，自上月机构资金失效以来，该部门已暂停为国会成员提供“礼貌性和家庭警察护送服务”。然而，TSA在给CNN的声明中指出，“在某些机场，其他非国土安全部实体正在提供护送服务”，但未具体说明这些实体可能是什么。
CNN还联系了美国国会警察，以进一步明确该机构是否在当地为国会成员提供护送服务。
曾担任众议院国土安全委员会最高共和党人的众议员迈克·罗杰斯批评卢娜的言论是“迎合选民”。
“我厌倦了议员们这样迎合选民。我不同意她的说法，”罗杰斯告诉CNN。他转而将批评矛头指向参议院，补充道：“参议院民主党人需要通过该死的国土安全部资金法案。”
该参议院法案的提案人约翰·科宁参议员反驳了对该法案的反对意见，称议员应与公众遵循相同标准。
“我希望他们能站出来对选民这么说，因为我敢打赌他们的选民会不同意他们的说法，”他周五告诉CNN。
关键的共和党和民主党参议员周四与白宫边境问题负责人汤姆·霍曼会面，试图达成重新开放国土安全部的协议，其中包括海岸警卫队、联邦紧急事务管理局以及TSA等关键部门。霍曼定于周五再次返回国会山，与拨款委员会成员进行另一轮谈判。
TSA工作人员目前未获得全额工资，导致部分人员辞职，部分人休假，这威胁到主要机场的安检等待时间。最近几天，春假旅行也可能加剧出行困境。
“国会似乎不在乎他们正在伤害我们——他们正在毁掉人们的生活，因为他们无法坐下来就这些问题进行适当的对话，”一名TSA工作人员告诉CNN，因担心报复而要求匿名。
距离国会山最近的机场——罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场尚未出现其他机场那样的长队，也未受到TSA人员短缺的影响。
CNN的莎拉·费里斯、卡尼塔·艾耶和卡琳娜·崔对本文亦有贡献。
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Lawmakers reckon with question of special treatment at airport security amid DHS shutdown
2026-03-20T20:19:37.620Z / CNN Politics
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Passengers walk through a queue to enter a TSA security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia., on March 15.
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More than a month into the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are reckoning with their own travel privileges amid anxieties the funding crunch could exacerbate issues at already understaffed airports around the country.
Lawmakers typically are allowed expedited screenings and to request security escorts at airports as they travel to and from Washington. Escorts, the Transportation Security Administration says, have been paused amid the funding stalemate. But the shutdown’s impacts to TSA, which falls under DHS, have raised fresh questions about how members of Congress travel and whether they should be afforded any preferential treatment.
The US Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would require members of Congress moving forward to go through the same security screening procedures as all passengers and end the use of federal funding for their expedited access. CNN has reached out to House leadership on the legislation.
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The bill’s future in the GOP-led House wasn’t immediately clear Friday, but some have already come out in support of ending such privileges.
“Public servants should not get special treatment or special access, ever, on any front. That’s how I feel about it,” GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania told CNN.
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said the issue is resonating with his constituents. “Increasingly, I hear it at town hall meetings — people want senators treated like everybody else,” he said.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna argued on X that TSA should immediately stop all escorts for senators who continue to keep DHS shuttered.
DHS already paused providing “courtesy and family police escorts” for members of Congress at airports last month after funding for the agency lapsed, according to the agency. In a statement to CNN, however, TSA noted that “there are some airports where other non-DHS entities are providing escorts” but did not elaborate on what those entities may be.
CNN has also reached out to US Capitol Police for additional clarity on whether the agency is providing congressional escorts locally.
Rep. Mike Rogers, who previously served as the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, criticized Luna’s comments as “pandering.”
“I’m tired of members pandering like that. I don’t agree with what she said,” Rogers told CNN. He instead redirected his criticism toward the Senate, adding, “The Senate Democrats need to pass the damn DHS funding.”
Sen. John Cornyn, sponsor of the Senate bill, pushed back on resistance to the measure, arguing lawmakers should be held to the same standards as the public.
“I would love to have them stand up and say that to their constituents, because I bet their constituents will disagree with them,” he told CNN on Friday.
Key GOP and Democratic senators sat down Thursday with White House border czar Tom Homan in an attempt to reach a deal to reopen the department, which includes key functions like the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency along with TSA. Homan was set to return to the Hill again Friday for another round of talks with the group of appropriators.
TSA workers are currently going without full pay, prompting some to quit and others to take unscheduled time off, threatening wait times for security screenings at major airports. In recent days, spring break travel has also threatened to compound the travel woes.
“Congress does not seem to care that they are hurting us — that they are ruining lives because they can’t sit down and have a proper conversation on things,” a TSA worker told CNN, requesting anonymity out of fear of retribution.
The airport closest to Capitol Hill, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, has yet to see the long lines like at other airports or be impacted by the shortages in TSA staffing.
CNN’s Sarah Ferris, Kaanita Iyer and Karina Tsui contributed to this report.
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