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House Republicans have voted to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump. House Republicans voted 33-25 on the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill, contingent, on renaming the opera house at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after Melania Trump.

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00:00House Republicans have voted to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump.
00:05House Republicans voted 33 to 25 on the fiscal 2026 Interior Environment Spending Bill
00:11contingent on renaming the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
00:16after Melania Trump. The procedural markup of the spending bill contained a short amendment
00:21from Idaho Republican Representative Mike Simpson, makes technical changes, designates
00:26the First Lady Melania Trump Opera House. The proposed legislation with the renaming amendment
00:31has yet to receive a vote by the full Congress, nor is such polling assured. Republican lawmakers
00:36have similarly looked to honor and flatter Trump during his second term, such as proposals to
00:42rename Washington Dulles International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport,
00:47a measure to require all $100 bills be redesigned to have Trump's face on them, nominating Trump
00:53for a Nobel Peace Prize, and proposing Trump's birthday become a national holiday.
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  • Eileen Sanders6 months ago
    President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy did a lot to promote the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; that's the name it should keep. Let the president find something else to name for the First Lady.
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