The House Appropriations Committee broke into a partisan debate Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s arch project.
The panel voted 32-24, along party lines, to block an amendment from Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) that would prevent construction of Trump’s proposal to build a “triumphal arch” in Washington.
Democrats wanted the legislative language included in the Interior-Environment funding bill for fiscal 2027, which members were marking up Wednesday afternoon.
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“The historic view from Arlington National Cemetery should not be desecrated by this arch,” said Pingree, the ranking member of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee. “It should not be overshadowed by a monument to one man’s ego.”
