Democrats May Use 'Power of the Purse' Next
Democrats May Use ‘Power of the Purse’ Next
May 19, 2019 at 4:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/19/democrats-may-use-power-of-the-purse-next/
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“House Democrats are considering a new idea to pressure the Trump administration to comply with their subpoenas. The idea is to use the appropriations process as leverage and threaten to withhold funding until they get the documents and testimony they’ve requested,” Axios reports.
“It’s a move that has a high risk of failure, since appropriations bills have to be approved by a Republican-held Senate and signed by the president. But given the Trump administration’s determination to resist all of the Democrats’ oversight efforts, and the prospect that court fights could take years, they’re being forced to consider every tool they might have.”
“Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee are writing the bills that will fund the federal government for the next fiscal year — including the ones that will fund the Justice Department and the Treasury Department, two of the departments that have been resisting subpoenas.”
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