The Senate needs to either confirm Mr. Southers as chief of the TSA, or reject him.
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Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, who fears that Southers will allow airport screeners to engage in collective labor bargaining.
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President Obama nominated Erroll Southers, the Los Angeles airport police department's chief of homeland security and intelligence, in September -- eight months after taking office.