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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Chuck Schumer had that power last wee

And the senate would not need to be involved here. All but 1 house dems did vote against it when there was a real chance to stop it (it wasn't 100% certain that republicans had the vors in the house)

House dems are livid at Schumer. The house has been better at opposing - it's just that their powers are much more limited while in the minority are more limited compared to the senate.

Democrats have no subpoena power or ability to hold official hearings while in the minority

The context was in flipping the house. They would be in the majority in that scenario

If you for half a second think a Republican-led House

Again the context was flipping the house

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago

even pelosi was angry at shchumer and thats saying something.

[–] Catma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok and assumming they flip the house what are they going to do? They can do all the hearings and pass out a metric fuckton of subpoenas, what makes you think anyone in this administration listens or shows up? I am pretty sure they did that the first time around, and people shook their fingers and sent very mean letters to no avail.

Whose to say Ttump then doesnt just dismiss congress? Whose gonna fucking stop him?

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

If they don't testify, they can put people in contempt of congress which can be enforced by the Sergeant at Arms. This is something that did happen to Steve Bannon when he refuesed to testify for the Jan 6th committee. Not just a hypothetical power

The Sergeant at Arms is part of the house, not the executive

If Trump tries to illegally dismissing congress, they could just still meet and direct the Sergeant at Arms anyway