Article snippet: A push to rename a Senate office building after the late Sen. MORE (R-Ariz.) is facing political headwinds on Capitol Hill from Republican lawmakers. Sens. MORE (R-Ariz.) are working on a resolution that would rename the Russell Senate Office Building, named in honor of former Democratic Sen. Richard Brevard Russell (Ga.), after McCain. But the proposal is facing skepticism, and in some cases outright opposition, threatening to inject partisan fighting into the chamber's bipartisan mourning. “He was a well-respected senator,” Shelby said. Russell is considered controversial because of his opposition to civil rights legislation. Shelby noted that if reporters were going to judge Russell on his civil rights stance then they would also need to reevaluate the Founding Fathers. "If you want to get into that you have to get into George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and all of our — most of our Founding Fathers, maybe with the exception of Hamilton," he said. "It's easy to prejudge what they should have done." Shelby was one of several Southern GOP senators who pushed back on the idea of taking Russell’s name off the Senate office building. Georgia Sen. David Perdue — a Republican and close ally of Trump — touted Russell's Senate work, saying on Tuesday that he was a "stalwart" of the military and involved in the Great Society, referring to the domestic program of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. "This is a guy who was a giant of the Senate,” Perdue said. “So this... Link to the full article to read more