House Democrats unveil sweeping reforms package to curtail presidential abuses

[Klaralven]

House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled sweeping legislation aimed at preventing presidential abuse and corruption, strengthening transparency and accountability, and protecting elections from foreign interference.

Why it matters: While the bill has practically no chance of becoming law while Trump is in office and Republicans hold the Senate, it's a pre-election message from Democrats on how they plan to govern should Trump lose in November. It also gives Democratic members an anti-corruption platform to run on in the weeks before the election.

Details: The package, introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and seven Democratic chairs of House committees, is called the "Protect Our Democracy Act."

The bill gives Congress more oversight over investigations, enhances protections for whistleblowers, and says that a president can only remove an inspector general at an agency for cause.

It also requires the attorney general to maintain a log of certain communications between the Department of Justice and the White House, strengthens Congress' ability to enforce subpoenas, and requires political committees to report foreign contacts to the FBI.

https://www.axios.com/house-democrats-corruption-legislation-85013025-125f-456d-b67e-c55d9c6747ad.html

[Timewas]

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To reign the presidency in and get back to what it is meant to be with the logical checks and balances, Actually there is something inherently wrong with both houses also. There should be no way in hell any one person should be able to tie the entire system up like they have been