Tamara Keith
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President Trump isn't engaged in the details and certainly isn't throwing his weight behind getting something passed.
Dueling Republican and Democratic plans failed in the Senate last week.
The House heads home for the holidays on Thursday.
The east wing of the White House was torn down to make way for President Trump's ballroom, and the work continues even as no plans have been submitted to the relevant oversight bodies.
Carol Quillen is president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
White House spokesman Davis Ingle says President Trump has full legal authority to beautify the White House, just as his predecessors did.
Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms.
So he's been trying to get GOP-run states to tilt the playing field in his party's favor.
Trump had intensely lobbied Indiana lawmakers.
promising to campaign against them if they didn't support the gerrymandered maps.
Groups backing Trump rallied in Indianapolis, but it didn't work, and now Trump is distancing himself.
And then Trump repeated his threats to primary state lawmakers who voted against the plan.
Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms.
So he's been trying to get GOP-run states to tilt the playing field in his party's favor.
Trump had intensely lobbied Indiana lawmakers.
promising to campaign against them if they didn't support the gerrymandered maps.
Groups backing Trump rallied in Indianapolis, but it didn't work, and now Trump is distancing himself.
And then Trump repeated his threats to primary state lawmakers who voted against the plan.