GOP leaders draw the line at Trump's Library of Congress takeover

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Source: Politico

GOP leaders draw the line at Trump’s Library of Congress takeover

Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now.

By Katherine Tully-McManus
05/14/2025 02:00 PM EDT
Updated: 05/14/2025 04:19 PM EDT

GOP congressional leaders have stood aside the past four months as President Donald Trump has attacked legislative branch prerogatives — shuttering agencies, canceling federal grants and imposing sweeping tariffs.

Now he’s meddling in their actual back yard.

A White House push to seize control of the Library of Congress over the past week has run temporarily aground due to quiet but firm resistance from Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the sensitive situation.

While they have not challenged Trump’s abrupt firing last week of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, they have questioned his power to name an acting successor and other library officials, including the nation’s top copyright official. That opposition has left Trump’s intended leader for the library, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, in at least temporary limbo.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/library-of-congress-trump-takeover-carla-hayden-00349275

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1. Wake me up when they actually DO something..quiet but firm resistance but not challenging him? What leadership!