Senators vs. Screeners

Republican senators are gearing up for a fight this week over legislation that would provide collective bargaining rights to airport security screeners, the Washington Times reports. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., calls the proposal, which has already been approved by the House, an "operational and homeland-security disaster." The White House has already expressed its opposition to the measure, and GOP senators are drafting a letter to President Bush seeking a veto of the bill that contains the screener unionization provision if it passes.