DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats want to investigate the Trump Hotel deal and President Donald Trump’s taxes. They want to haul up conflicted Cabinet officials and dig into controversial changes to the census and food stamps. They want to put Education Secretary Betsy DeVos under oath and investigate child detentions at the border. The threat of subpoenas, investigations and oversight hearings will dominate the new House Democratic majority’s agenda, targeting the White House’s most controversial policies and personnel, spanning immigration, the environment, trade and of course, the biggest question of all: Russian collusion…But for House Democrats in control for the first time in nearly a decade, it’s also a role full of pitfalls. Trump has already tried to brand the prospect of congressional oversight as nothing more than ‘harassment,’ and Democrats will also have to show they can legislate, govern and investigate at the same time in the House.”
-Adam Cancryn, “House Democrats prepare fusillade of Trump investigations,” Politico, January 7, 2019 5:07 am