Aviation security deadlocks Congress
Aviation security collided with politics last month on Capitol Hill, when a Senate bill that would have created–among other provisions–a new force of feder

Aviation security collided with politics last month on Capitol Hill, when a Senate bill that would have created–among other provisions–a new force of federal employees to screen airline passengers and their baggage encountered stubborn resistance in the House.

The rift came after the Senate voted 100-0 for a plan that would hire 28,000 federally employed screeners and armed security guards at key checkpoints, financed by a $2.50 “enplanement” fee levied every time a passenger boards an airplane. The proposed program would be run by the Justice Department.