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President Joe Biden replaced four Trump appointees, who were sent letters ordering them to resign, or “be terminated effective 6:00 pm tonight.” On Tuesday, the president announced the appointment of four new members to the Commission on Fine Arts, which oversees the design of federal buildings in D.C. According to the announcement, the new members […]
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Updated May 25, 2021 at 1:14 PM ET
On Tuesday afternoon, President Biden announced his intention to appoint four new members to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the body that oversees design and architecture of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Their positions are appointed by the President, and do not need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The four intended appointees are meant to replace four commissioners who had been installed by President Trump, and who helped shape a controversial executive order intended to promote neoclassical architecture as the official style for federal buildings in Washington and at new federal courthouses elsewhere.
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