Lukewarm take: TSA and Air Traffic Controllers need to be simply funded by an excise tax on airlines, and not subject to annual appropriations bills.
At the very least, put TSA under a lower controversy department like DOT so airports aren't subjected to being a political football as often.
@JessTheUnstill In a circus budgeting culture, it'd make more sense to establish a persisting default budget, so fights and circus would happen only to changes, so when no changes are made, status quo would persist.