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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHearings Will Unmask Swamp Creatures in Trumps Cabinet, Democrats Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/politics/donald-trumps-cabinet-democrats.html?ref=todayspaperHearings Will Unmask Swamp Creatures in Trumps Cabinet, Democrats Say
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
DEC. 3, 2016
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats concede they have little leverage to stop Donald J. Trumps cabinet nominees. But that will not discourage them from trying to make life as uncomfortable as possible for many of his choices, with the hope of forcing their Republican colleagues and Mr. Trump to squirm along the way.
With nominees like Representative Tom Price, a proponent of fundamental changes to Medicare, to be health secretary, and Steven Mnuchin, a Goldman Sachs trader turned hedge fund manager, as Treasury secretary, Democrats hope to use the confirmation hearings to highlight the wide river of incongruities between Mr. Trumps campaign promises and much of the team he is assembling. The goal: to fuel a narrative that the incoming president, and the Republicans who support him, cannot be trusted.
President-elect Trump promised that he was going to clean up the swamp, said Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the incoming Democratic leader, and a whole lot of his nominees have had their career in the swamp.
One by one, Mr. Schumer said, Democrats will use the confirmation process to highlight positions held by nominees that are either inconsistent with Mr. Trumps campaign promises or raise the sorts of ethical questions that Democrats tried in vain to hang around Mr. Trumps neck during the campaign, like refusing to release his tax returns. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, who serves on committees that are likely have contentious hearings, can be counted on to work over many nominees.
We should know what direction this administration is headed in, Mr. Schumer said. They didnt win the election by saying they were going to hire people who want to cut Social Security and Medicare. I will also be looking for any ethical transgressions.
For starters, Democrats announced this past week that they would push for a rule requiring all cabinet-level nominees to provide Congress with their tax returns, a move made to suggest that some of Mr. Trumps selections may share conflict-of-interest and tax issues with the incoming president.
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Hearings Will Unmask Swamp Creatures in Trumps Cabinet, Democrats Say (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2016
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bdamomma
(63,799 posts)1. Democrats stop being so nice
these guys do not play by the rules.
Facts what facts???? truth what is that???
dhill926
(16,314 posts)2. resist relentlessly....
our future depends on it...