With a Majority in the House
And better numbers in the Senate , if not a slim Majority?
Democrats ARE getting things lined up….(Reemeber GOPer’s blueprint Project 2025?)
1 big thing: 📋 Dems’ investigative wish list
House and Senate Democrats are starting to have preliminary discussions to coordinate potential congressional investigations into companies, colleges and law firms in the next Congress, multiple sources tell us.
Why it matters: The early strategizing on how Democrats could use the investigative power of committees, including subpoenas, is another indication of the party’s growing confidence of victory in November.
- Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), all on the Senate Judiciary Committee, have been involved in the planning discussions on the Senate side.
- Schiff, the lead manager during President Trump’s first impeachment, would bring significant experience to any Senate investigation.
📢 What we’re hearing: Lawmakers in both parties believe the House is more likely to fall into Democratic hands than the Senate.
- The House also has some institutional advantages, including broader subpoena authority.
Zoom out: Democrats expect the White House to either stonewall or grandstand in any investigation. They also anticipate Trump officials invoking executive privilege at every turn.
- But companies, colleges and private citizens won’t have that luxury — especially when faced with congressional subpoenas.
- Democrats want to know how and why major institutions — including billionaires, major law firms and universities — chose to cooperate with the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the conversations.
- That could include everything from donations for the East Wing renovation to funding agreements involving universities.
🔎 Zoom in: Democrats in both chambers have already signaled where their investigative interests might lie if they flip the House or Senate.
- This month, House and Senate Democrats requested information from a major law firm that agreed to provide pro bono legal services to the Trump administration.
- Senate Democrats last year questioned a fundraiser and lobbyists who were reportedly soliciting donations from major corporations and billionaires for Trump’s proposed ballroom.
- And a group of House and Senate Democrats last summer questioned Harvard about its communications with the administration amid escalating tensions with Trump, Axios previously reported.
Between the lines: These conversations are happening even though neither chamber is guaranteed to flip.
🤔 The intrigue: There’s a difference between investigations and impeachments.
- Despite efforts from party leaders to tamp down the idea, talk of impeachment is likely to bubble up again. House Democrats have already introduced impeachment resolutions against Trump officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The bottom line: Companies are bracing for congressional investigations if one or both chambers flip.
- And Democrats in both the House and Senate want a piece of the action.
Note….
Maybe these things above ARE the reason Trump is pushing so hard for his voter suppression ‘SAVE” act?
image….Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Running a campaign on whom you are going to “investigate “is a fool’s errand .
They are NOT running a campaign on the list….
Somebody told a reporter what’s cooking…..
Trump KNOWS this as I have said repeatily here….
It’s why In think Donald is trying stop people from voting in November
Also?
Trump had the Project 2025 quideline to work with
WTF shouldn’t the Democarts do the same things and let it’s candidates use it?
Average voters are far more concerned with things that effect their everyday lives than these endless “ investigations “ that both sides engage in and usually result in nothing of substance other than embarrassing quotes and grandstanding by this or that Congressperson.
However, I’m not surprised that someone like you ,who enjoys such useless spectacles ,wants more of them.
Some one like me HAS LOTS of company
Yes there are a lot of people like you who view politics as some kind of “gotcha” spectator event rather than what’s good for the country.
Get your pom poms ready!
Trump IN FACT IS asked questions that people like me and others want asked….
That he seeks to attack and divert questioning about when he would end the war means he’s NOT comfortable with things and his poll numbers against it…..
I’m gonna be smiling when Trump stands up and says ‘we won’ and backs outta the ‘War’….
No goals
Just like Afghanistan
He just wants to quit and THAT WILL piss Hegseth off , but will garner applause from those MAGA’s you say are actually ‘happy’ with this fuck up …..
He’s already backing away from regime change as reason for listening to Israel , Saudi and Hegseth talking him into this situation
Some more of your uh “ keen” observations.
Hegseth didn’t “talk” Trump into anything .
This is just typical Trump.
I disagree…..
Donald can’t chew gum and walk withOUT someone helping him…..
And Netanyahu and the Saudis also are reported to have ‘helped him’ get his butt into this mess….
Gonna BE and interesting ride for ole Donald after the next two elections…..