Nina Heller writes: “House lawmakers passed a bill June 8 aimed at preventing future executive branch interference in some legislative branch agencies, a year after President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. It would allow House and Senate leaders to appoint the heads of both the Library of Congress and the Government Publishing Office, removing that power from the president. The president would get new appointment authority over the register of copyrights. Now the bill heads to the Senate, where it would need enough bipartisan support to overcome a filibuster.”
