Democrats are frustrated with the administration’s unwillingness to comply with multiple inquiries and are considering using Congress’s power of the purse as leverage.
By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow March 29 at 1:01 PM Senior House Democrats, frustrated by the Trump administration’s unwillingness to comply with multiple congressional investigations, are seriously considering withholding money from key administration priorities until their document requests are met.
It’s still unclear which departments could feel the squeeze. But in the coming weeks, as House Democratic appropriators write bills funding agencies and departments across the federal government, they will be working with chairmen to find what one official called “pressure points” to force compliance, according to multiple senior House Democrats familiar with the strategy.
Democrats still believe there is damaging information in the report and are urgently pushing for its release. The administration has missed the Democrats’s deadline of March 15 for answers about the panel and the selection of William Happer, a National Security Council senior director. The emeritus professor of physics at Princeton University has said that carbon emissions linked to climate change should be viewed as an asset rather than a pollutant.
Chairmen overseeing committee investigations have subpoena authority. But even then, the administration can defy subpoenas, daring Democrats to sue them in years-long courts battles that slow their probes.
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