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Trump Could Face Congress Showdown Over Kennedy Center Demolition as Lawmakers Seek Year-End Legislative

Murkowski joined Jeff Merkley in trying to advance a measure and said the situation at the center was worsening.

Trump Could Face Congress Showdown Over Kennedy Center Demolition as Lawmakers Seek Year-End Legislative
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Lawmakers are considering attaching a measure to year-end legislation to prevent demolition of the Kennedy Center, after Sen. Mike Lee blocked an effort to advance it in the Senate. President Donald Trump has not committed to preserving the center without congressional approval.

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Lisa Murkowski
R · AK · SEN

Senator seeking to advance legislation to prevent demolition of the Kennedy Center

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose potential demolition of the Kennedy Center prompted the congressional effort

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Representative considering attaching the measure to year-end legislation

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Jeff Merkley
D · OR · SEN

Senator seeking to advance legislation to prevent demolition of the Kennedy Center

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Howard Lutnick
R · Secretary of Commerce

Commerce secretary who previously discussed the possibility of demolition

Jamie Raskin
D · MD-8

Representative who discussed Congress’s authority over the center’s federal funding

Mike Lee
R · UT · SEN

Senator who blocked the effort to advance the measure

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Bipartisan Senators Seek to Block Kennedy Center Demolition

Outlets agree Lisa Murkowski joined a bipartisan effort to advance a measure aimed at preventing Kennedy Center demolition, and that Sen. Mike Lee blocked the Senate effort. Left-leaning outlets frame the measure as protection from Trump’s demolition plans and focus on Lee’s role in blocking it. Center outlets stress the congressional-approval requirement and legislative process, with possible year-end action also in view. Right-leaning outlets foreground the center’s deterioration and note that Murkowski and other sponsors will keep pursuing the measure.

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