After Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi called her colleagues security threats, Congressional members are now being fined for not submitting to metal detector scans outside the House chamber.
A visit to another chamber — e.g. a House restroom just outside the boundary set up by the metal detectors — can now result in a penalty of up to $10,000 under rushed security rules.
Conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas tore into his Democratic colleagues last week for the impromptu security procedures that fined him $5,000 for a bathroom break, even after he had already once submitted to a