House Democrats increasingly frustrated by the Trump administration for defying subpoenas are proposing legislation that would ratchet up their power to punish executive branch officials who reject their requests.of the House Judiciary Committee, unveiled a rule change Monday to formalize and expand Congress' power of "inherent contempt" — its authority to unilaterally punish anyone who defies a subpoena for testimony or documents.
“We've seen unprecedented and illegal obstruction by the Trump administration to Congress where the administration has essentially directed witnesses not to show up to committees even after they have been given lawful congressional subpoenas,” Lieu said in an interview. “We need an enforcement mechanism.”
Democrats say the measure is a crucial effort to formalize and reinvigorate Congress' long-dormant powers.
Executive shock collar
RepTedLieu YES! congress members you have the exact same power as the executive branch! You must use it to the fullest extent given to you under our constitution! Do not take anymore crap from the Trump crime family and his hatchet man AG Bill Barr! Sue them, impeach them, lock them up!
IMAGINE Actually doing their jobs and shutting down this corrupt ass GOP
Sounds as short-sighted and politically vindictive as when Democrats created the “nuclear option” in the Senate under Harry Reid - only to have it come back and bite them when Republicans took over. Same thing will eventually happen here... 🙄
EVERY American should support this. Clearly Trumplicans are in contempt of Congress and unless there are teeth to enforce these subpoenas future Dem admins will also ignore efforts to enforce accountability.
You democrats should placed each one of people that were given a subpoena and didn’t respond to be brought in by a federal marshals each one of them that’s what would happen to me if I refused to answer a subpoena flat and simple they are not privileged
RepTedLieu ABOUT DAMN TIME! DONT EXPECT PRAISE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO ALL ALONG!!!!
Do it! We have laws in this country and not even the president is above the law. If this get passed I am sure the founding fathers of this country will be looking down at us with a smile. Rule of the law!
Agree
This is exactly like Trumps Atlantic City casino's, total mis-managed anti they went bankrupt. Just keep following the yellow brick rode, where you'll find the man behind the curtain is only an circus entertainer.
Our system of checks and balances is supposed to stop any one of the three branches our government from becoming too powerful. With a trump in the WH and a mcconnell running the senate under trumps direction, they’ve subverted our constitution. And with barr as AG .....
tedlieu With all due and considerable respect - enforce the subpoenas! $10K/day fines. Marshalls to round them up. Treat them like regular people who ignore subpoenas. Make it hurt. If tables were turned, that's what they'd do.
Finally!! the Democrats are talking my good language!! NoOneIsAboveTheLaw LawNOrderForTrump CorruptTrump
JUST DO IT DAMNIT!!!!!!!
i wonder if the president will veto it?
He is abusing his power nothing more & it should be taken from him.
Turn about fair play, be careful what you do because if the American people are crazy enough to give Democrats presidential power again it will come back to bite you.
BRAVO! Lets GIT-R-DONE!
RepTedLieu 😂 wishful thinking but unconstitutional, Demobrats!
RepTedLieu About time! Nobody should be allowed to thumb their nose at a subpoena.
RepTedLieu JAIL is the answer! Make them feel 'uncomfortable', in a cell where they can reflect on their defiance and deviance!
Democrats absolutely suck the hache.
It’s about time
F Politico
SpeakerPelosi u have tremendous power of the purse, use it!
I thought realDonaldTrump supported LAW and ORDER?
stop with the bs. You all have the money...
This would not happen if we had democracy in America. A house has been divided against itself and will fall. When you allow dictatorship - then you allow the end of our country. People are angry. Republicans, Democrats, Supreme Courts - NOT ANGRY ENOUGH.....WHY ?
Just concentrate on the elections. Trump's House of cards is crumbling on its own 😂
If they can illegally defy subpoenas why can’t the House Dems just have their Sargeant At Arms just start arresting them ? Legally or Illegally ?
Cry more.
FINALLY! It’s about time you timid fools!
About time...DoSomething
Do dems ever do anything productive? 🤮 guess not
Whatever
Let’s do it!
Sad that it must come to this. It seems obvious that one only defies a subpoena when one has things to hide.
More ‘Politico’ garbage. In fact we Independents include the entire Democrat Marxist Party..in this garbage. Dem’s ‘Party’ has now indeed descended into total Marxism/Socialism. ‘A Fact,’...applauded by these Democrats.
Bullshit, this plays both ways.
You'd have thought that they'd have mentioned something in the eight years that the Obama administration ignored congressional subpoenas, but I wonder how they'll feel about this legislation when a Democrat takes office…..
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