Highlights: The White House on Monday issued veto threats against two GOP-led House appropriations bills expected to come up for a vote this week as lawmakers seek to avoid a government shutdown in November.
The House bills would cut Department of Transportation funding by $7 billion compared to fiscal 2023 levels, $1.2 billion from HUD funding compared to 2023 levels, and nearly $4 billion from EPA funding compared to 2023 levels.
In both cases, the White House argued the bills put forward by Republicans in the House undercut an agreement reached by administration officials and GOP lawmakers in May on spending as part of negotiations to raise the debt limit.
I heard on the radio this morning that… Philadelphia’s airport, I believe, is now allowing passengers to have people wait at the gate with them again. We haven’t seen that in decades, it gives me hope the TSA will one day be a thing of the past.
You’ve always been able to get a gate pass if you’re assisting another traveler.
Not assisting, just hanging out with them until they leave.
Not sure on the requirements for everyone else, but my kids often fly alone and I take them to the gate and just chill for an hour or two.
You can still get a pass, you just have to ask for one and go through the hoops to check in. When I left for basic training (2015 - so not a super current example, but to my knowledge the post 9-11 era of airport “security” hasn’t really changed much), my wife got a gate pass just to hang out with me until the very last second.
Idr if they asked why she wanted a pass, but even if they do, just BS something that fits the criteria.