Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the Center for American Progress (CAP) post election forum, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the Center for American Progress (CAP) post election forum, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump's proposed monumental arch would be taller than some well-known monuments in Washington and elsewhere. (AP Digital Embed)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump holds up a model for a proposed "Independence Arch" as he speaks during a dinner with ballroom donors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on October 15, 2025. A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on November 5, 2026, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ruled that the Trump administration cannot start construction on the arch for two weeks while the court considers challenges to its legality. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump's planned "triumphal arch" at Memorial Circle in Washington, DC on October 1, 2026. A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on November 5, 2026, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ruled that the Trump administration cannot start construction on the arch for two weeks while the court considers challenges to its legality. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) The site of US President Donald Trump's proposed "triumphal arch," alongside Arlington National Cemetery, and the Memorial Bridge crossing the Potomac River, is seen from the top of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, November 2, 2026. A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on November 5, 2026, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ruled that the Trump administration cannot start construction on the arch for two weeks while the court considers challenges to its legality. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, speaks as Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., left, listens during a news conference about the Protect College Sports Act on Capitol Hill, Sept. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

(FILES) Chairman Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, speaks during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Cruise Industry Oversight March 1, 2012 at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Former US senator Jay Rockefeller, an heir to one of America's wealthiest dynasties who devoted decades to fighting poverty and expanding healthcare, has died aged 89, US media reported on November 6, 2026. The Democrat represented the impoverished, coal-mining state of West Virginia in the Senate for 30 years, after serving two terms as governor. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)