The Trump administration has quietly been laying the groundwork for an aggressive all-out effort to thwart newly empowered Democrats’ attempts at oversight.

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    3 hours ago

    This articles says congress is a legislative body, but fails to mention they have the power of the purse, i.e., appropriations. I’m guessing Democrats will have to use it incentivize the Executive Branch.

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    11 hours ago

    This is good. All the energy they spend to protect themselves is energy they’re not using to hurt America. The chances that any of these criminals will be held to account is low, but we can at least pull the break on their crimes.