Analysis: Why Congress may be too weak to win its fight against Trump
President Trump debates with then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Vice President Pence listen during a meeting in the Oval Office in December. By Amber Phillips Amber Phillips Reporter for The Fix covering Congress, statehouses Email Bio Follow May 3 at 9:51 AM House Democrats warn that getting the Trump administration to cooperate with their investigations is a matter of life-or-death for American democracy.
“It bolsters the president’s ability to get what he wants,” Binder said, “because it’s hard to challenge the president because the president has more information.”Congress is a coequal branch, yes, but it’s also the messiest one. In its purest form, Congress has 535 bosses all with different constituents and thus different priorities. The executive branch has one boss and thousands of people working to help him or her fulfill an agenda.
But Trump has the Republican-controlled Senate and Republicans in the House to block for him. They have been holding news conferences to defend the president, using powerful platforms to share misleading information about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report and using legislative stalling to drag out the investigatory process as best they can. It’s not unusual for the party of the president to defend said president, but Trump has a particularly strong grip on the Republican Party.
Democrats are typically less inclined than Republicans to take big political risks. Democrats have options to flex back. They are considering voting to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for not showing up to a hearing. House Speaker Nancy D. Pelosi is using language that sounds like she’s open to Congress impeaching Barr. Some Democrats want to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump himself.
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