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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:06 AM Nov 2018

The House: Subpoena power; Controls the Purse Strings.

Okay. Let's see what we can do.

Looks to me like the voters intentionally put Democrats in the House as a check on the Presidency, while deciding to keep their governors and Senators, for the most part. They want a check on the uncontrolled power, and maybe protection of Mueller.

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The House: Subpoena power; Controls the Purse Strings. (Original Post) Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 OP
Yup. joshcryer Nov 2018 #1
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