DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “If Donald Trump Jr. doesn’t comply with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s subpoena, the chamber is preparing for the possibility it could vote on enforcing the order on the Senate floor, according to sources in both parties. Republicans said privately on Monday [5-13-19] they were eager to avoid the clash and what would surely be an ugly floor vote if Trump Jr. ignores the Senate; some hope the committee and Trump Jr. can work out a deal to avoid a floor vote on complying with the subpoena or even holding the president’s son in contempt. But the chamber has several options if it chooses to force the issue, and they could pass given that they would require only a simple majority and aren’t subject to the chamber’s supermajority requirement, according to aides in both parties. Contempt is one way forward. But the Senate also has a special option ‘as an alternative to both the inherent contempt power of each House and the criminal contempt statutes,’ according to the Congressional Research Service.”
–Burgess Everett, “Trump Jr. subpoena could force GOP loyalty test,” Politico, May 13, 2019 7:31 pm