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California lawmakers are considering putting an end to what some see as a class issue at airports: letting people pay to cut ahead in the line for TSA screening. “The least you can expect when you have to go through the security line at the airport is that you don’t suffer the indignity of somebody pushing you out of the way to let the rich person pass you,” said state Sen. Josh Newman, the Democrat who sponsored the bill. The legislation is aimed at vendors such as CLEAR, whose customers pay $189 a year to verify their identities at kiosks; they then receive an escort past waiting passengers …

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