House Democrats look to use budget process to pressure Trump administration to comply with investigations

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Democrats are frustrated with the administration’s unwillingness to comply with multiple inquiries and are considering using Congress’s power of the purse as leverage.

By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow March 29 at 1:01 PM Senior House Democrats, frustrated by the Trump administration’s unwillingness to comply with multiple congressional investigations, are seriously considering withholding money from key administration priorities until their document requests are met.

It’s still unclear which departments could feel the squeeze. But in the coming weeks, as House Democratic appropriators write bills funding agencies and departments across the federal government, they will be working with chairmen to find what one official called “pressure points” to force compliance, according to multiple senior House Democrats familiar with the strategy.

Democrats still believe there is damaging information in the report and are urgently pushing for its release. The administration has missed the Democrats’s deadline of March 15 for answers about the panel and the selection of William Happer, a National Security Council senior director. The emeritus professor of physics at Princeton University has said that carbon emissions linked to climate change should be viewed as an asset rather than a pollutant.

Chairmen overseeing committee investigations have subpoena authority. But even then, the administration can defy subpoenas, daring Democrats to sue them in years-long courts battles that slow their probes.

 

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Just another reason for another budget stalemate

The democrats will never do anything for their constituents other than their personal anti Trump vendetta.

Let’s see their financial records too

By any means necessary but it will be a cold day in hell before he lets that happen.

They can and should do it

The rule of law would also be a way to do the same thing

Today's foreign language lesson is in German, which has many wonderful words for which there is no exact English translation. Which one of these faces is the most: 'Backpfeifengesicht?' You will have to look it up. You will smile when you Google it. Backpfeifengesicht

Yes, Nancy!

USA IS DOING TOO WELL , TRUMP IS GUARANTEED RE ELECTION , ITS HOW THE ECONOMY IS HANDLING ITSELF , UNAVOIDABLE THE ECONOMY WILL PEAK AND DROP LIKE A BRICK . , LETS SEE TRUMPS SECOND. LETS HOPE HE DOSE NOT RAPE THE WELFARE WHICH WE ALL PAY INTO .

Yess! No Mueller report, No Budget money! ReleaseTheFullMuellerReport

Hell hath no fury like a Trump scorned ... grab your popcorn, America ... Dems are NOT going to like the next 2yrs!!

Not a good idea....

The Democratic Party should start working for America and quit trying to destroy America and President one pulled this crap when Obama was president.

Because their narrative is full of lies

In theory, they will have WISED UP after Pelosi gave AttentionAddict POTUS45 the SOTU platform he coveted like a Junkie salivates for a fix BEFORE his threat of a second GovernmentShutdown had been averted. HouseDemocrats

Use subpoenas.

Slime.

That's the main problem with Democrats, their agenda is only how to spend money. Just look Obama & Michelle are richer after 8 years in WH but Americans are deeper in debt & prez Trump needs to wash all their dirty dishes. 🤠🤠🤠

Now far left democRATs are weaponizing the budget process?! WTF?! Spreading lies, peddling conspiracy theories, race baiting and weaponizing the legislative and judiciary branches weren't enough for these power hungry scoundrels?! JEXODUS Jexit WalkAway

Instead of funding infrastructure? What a joke.

Donna Brazile, John Podesta and Hillary Clinton paid Christopher Steele to collude with the Russians.

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