But if Pelosi's flying experience is anything like Boehner's in the future, she still won't have to worry about pat-downs and security lines. [More]I find it offensive that these self-entitled elitists are automatically deemed more trustworthy than the general public that employs them.
Why not challenge your representative to introduce and/or sponsor a bill along these lines without delay? Seeing who supports and opposes it should be telling:
A BILL
To ensure that all members of Congress shall be subjected to the same Transportation Security Administration air travel screenings as their constituents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘American Traveller Equality Act of 2010’.
SEC. 2. NO EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN AIRPORT SCREENING METHODS.
No law of the United States shall be construed to confer any exemption for a Member of Congress from any physical contact, x-rays, or millimeter waves, that are requirements imposed on the general public in an airport or to fly in an aircraft.
END
If nothing else, the creative weasel-worded excuse-making ought to make for interesting reading.