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Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/29/donald-trump-iran-ai-jack-smith-media-white-house-latest-news-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US politics live – latest updates</a>A Republican senator has blocked a bipartisan bill that would have prevented <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> from demolishing the Kennedy Center without the approval of Congress.Mike Lee, of Utah, objected on Monday night when Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley asked the Senate to pass the <a href="https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Protecting-Presidential-Memorials-Act.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Protecting Presidential Memorials Act</a> by unanimous consent. The bill, co-written with Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, would have banned the demolition of any presidential memorial designated by Congress, including the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, unless lawmakers explicitly approved it. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/29/bill-trump-demolish-kennedy-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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