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Unlike regular Delta customers, members of Congress get to bypass security lines \u2014 until now.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Delta is suspending its \u201cred coat\u201d high-level concierge services and \u201ccourtesy escorts\u201d amid the partial government shutdown. Those services allow members of Congress to bypass general TSA lines, among other perks.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDue to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta,\u201d the airline said in a statement. \u201cNext to safety, Delta\u2019s No. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The partial government shutdown has led to lengthy airport security wait times and delayed paychecks for federal TSA agents. As a result, employee callouts have increased, and more than 400 workers have quit since the shutdown began.<\/span><\/p>\n Business Insider reports<\/a> that the majority of TSA agents earn salaries from $40,000 to $75,000 and many live paycheck-to-paycheck. Several GoFundMe<\/a> accounts have been started by communities, as well as individual TSA employees, to help make ends meet during the funding crisis. <\/span>Elon Musk even stepped in to offer to pay TSA agents\u2019 salaries during the shutdown.<\/p>\n When the Atlanta Journal-Constitution broke the news, the author claimed<\/a>, \u201cDelta is suspending its special congressional desk service for members of Congress until the shutdown is over.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Delta was praised for the decision, but several hours later, the author offered a correction. <\/span>\u201cElite services for Members of Congress that have been temporarily suspended include specialty services such as airport escorts and red coat service. The Capital Desk, a reservations line, remains open.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Delta did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/p>\n Members of Congress have also taken steps to hold themselves accountable for shutting down the government. On Monday, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) called out Senate Democrats for blocking his resolution to halt lawmakers\u2019 pay until an agreement on funding was reached. \u201cI tried to bring the bill yesterday on the floor, but got objected to by the Democrats,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the record 43-day government shutdown last fall, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) called for Congress to pass the No Budget, No Pay Act. He calls funding the government one of the most basic jobs of Congress.<\/p>\n \u201cThe American people elected us to come together, look at what we\u2019re collecting in revenues, and put together and pass 12 appropriations bills that use those dollars effectively,\u201d he said. \u201cThe last time Congress passed all 12 appropriations bills on time was nearly three decades ago. Congress has failed, time and time again, to do one of its basic duties.\u201d<\/p>\n The legislation did not pass the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n