(Corrects to say votes to advance not confirm nomination in paragraph 1, headline)
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to advance David Cummins, a senior vice president of Serco, to head the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration pushes to privatize screeners at smaller airports.
President Donald Trump in April proposed cutting more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion, or about 20%, from the annual budget of the 60,000-employee TSA that handles airport security operations.
He also proposed requiring smaller airports to use private security, a move that would cut the TSA payroll by more than 4,500 jobs.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
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