Bill To Prevent Kennedy Center Demolition Introduced In Both Houses After Earlier Effort Failed

Mike Lee blocks effort to prevent Trump from tearing down presidential memorials

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. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) attempted to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act, a bill he co-led with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), by unanimous consent. The […]

Lone Republican Senator Derails a Bill to Prevent Demolition of the Kennedy Center

Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bill that would have prohibited the demolition of any national memorial honoring a U.S. president.

Bill To Prevent Kennedy Center Demolition Introduced In Both Houses After Earlier Effort Failed

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.

Lee Blocks Bill Against Demolishing Kennedy Center

The Washington Post reports: A bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials — including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — was blocked Monday night in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), who led the effort with fellow Democrats and Republican Sen. … The post Lee Blocks Bill Against Demolishing Kennedy Center appeared first on Joe.My.God..

One Republican Blocks Attempt to Save Kennedy Center From Trump

Senator Mike Lee cast the sole vote blocking a bipartisan bill to protect the Kennedy Center.

Mike Lee Derails Kennedy Center Safeguard

“A bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials — including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — was blocked Monday night in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT),” the Washington Post reports.