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On the recordJuly 22, 2025
The Republicans have now given the president six times the normal amount of money to run the Kennedy Center, carte blanche over who will be on the board, and how different parts of the Kennedy Center − or perhaps the whole Kennedy Center itself− will be named.
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Chellie Pingree
Democratic · Maine

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Criticizing the funding and control given to the president over the Kennedy Center.

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