06/23/2025

GOP Lawmakers Push ‘Unprecedented’ Legislation Paying Homage to Trump

Such flattery is exceptionally rare for sitting presidents

Late last month, Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube introduced a bill that would halt any funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority unless its name was changed. Steube, whose southwest Florida district is about 950 miles from Washington, proposed WMATA be rechristened the Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access or... WMAGA. The legislation also called for Metrorail, the system’s flagship rail line, to be renamed the "Trump Train."

The bill, Steube said in a statement, would signal a "cultural shift away from bureaucratic stagnation toward public-facing excellence and patriotism."

Steube's proposal is just the latest in legislative offerings this year paying tribute to President Donald Trump. House Republicans have proposed at least eight bills since January to honor the president or burnish his image. They would, among other things, put Trump's portrait on U.S. currency, carve his face onto Mount Rushmore, rename Washington Dulles International Airport for him and make his birthday a national holiday. Two bills, both introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), called for the House to expunge Trump's unprecedented dual impeachments in 2019 and 2021.

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