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Lone GOP senator blocks bipartisan effort to prevent Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center
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(CNN) — A bipartisan effort aimed at protecting the Kennedy Center from demolition was blocked on the Senate floor Monday night by a lone Republican...
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The proposed Protecting Presidential Memorials Act would prevent demolition of the Kennedy Center, though an attempt to expedite the bill was blocked in the Senate late Monday.
Utah Senator Mike Lee was the only lawmaker to vote against a bipartisan bill that would have banned the demolition of presidential memorials such as the Kennedy Center without congressional approval. The bill in question—the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act —was the brainchild of Oregon Senato…
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) late Monday blocked an attempt from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to prohibit President Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center. The bill Merkley attempted to pass under unanimous consent, which would have bypassed a floor vote if no one had objected, also had the support of Re…
Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates US politics live – latest updates A Republican senator has blocked a bipartisan bill that would have prevented Donald Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center without the approval of Congress.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday night blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent the Trump administration from demolishing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. Sen.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee objected to fast-tracking a bipartisan proposal to ban the demolition of presidential memorials unless explicitly approved by Congress, which would include the dismantling of the Kennedy Center.
(CNN) — A bipartisan effort aimed at protecting the Kennedy Center from demolition was blocked on the Senate floor Monday night by a lone Republican...
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) blocked a bill from Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that would stop President Donald Trump from demolishing the crumbling Kennedy Center.
< WASHINGTON (CNN) — A bipartisan effort aimed at protecting the Kennedy Center from demolition was blocked on the Senate floor Monday night by a lone Republican senator. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected to passage of a bill stipulating that any presidential memorial designated by an act of Congress —…
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