WASHINGTON -- House Democrats, recovering from their failed push to remove President Donald Trump from office, are making a sharp pivot to talking about health care and economic issues, turning away from their investigations of the president as they focus on preserving their majority.Top Democrats said
WASHINGTON — House Democrats, recovering from their failed push to remove President Donald Trump from office, are making a sharp pivot to talking about health care and economic issues, turning away from their investigations of the president as they focus on preserving their majority.
The move is particularly striking given how aggressively Trump, emboldened by his acquittal by the Senate, has moved to take revenge on his perceived enemies and push the limits of his power. But just as they did before the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats appear to have decided that focusing on Trump’s near-daily stream of norm-shattering words and deeds only elevates him, while alienating the swing voters they need to maintain their hold on the House and have a chance at winning the Senate.
The budget would cut funding for Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, food stamps and federal student loans. In the “recess packet” Pelosi distributed to lawmakers before they went home, she offered a list of suggested events in their districts — like visits to a senior center, a food bank and an after-school program — that could serve to highlight the impact of the proposed cuts.
“We keep seeing more and more data about the recovery that the administration is touting, the great economy,” she said. “But what hits people who have a lot of stock holdings is not hitting the families in my district. Over half of them are underwater at the end of every month now, once they pay for health care and child care and housing.”
But Jeffries said there had been “no discussion” of trying to compel Bolton to testify, either in the Judiciary Committee, on which he serves, or at the leadership level. Democrats have summoned Barr to testify before the Judiciary Committee on March 31. In a harshly worded letter sent to Barr on Wednesday, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the panel’s chairman, signaled that Democrats planned to question Barr about overruling prosecutors on Stone’s recommended sentence and Barr’s willingness to accept information about Ukraine from Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, among other matters.
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