7 things Democrats will do if they win back the House
by Katelyn Caralle
October 19, 2018 12:00 AM Democrats are projected to win back the House in the November midterm elections, and they are already planning a muscular agenda of setting their own policy priorities for the first time since 2010 and investigating the Trump administration.
Controlling the House doesn't mean Democrats can pass any bill they want into law — a split Senate will continue to act as a hurdle and President Trump still has the power to veto bills he doesn't like.
But Democrats would still be able to set the agenda in the House. Here are seven things they're likely to try:
1. Investigate, investigate, investigate Democrats have complained from the start that the Trump administration needs to be held more accountable. But without the majority's power to subpoena Trump officials, Democrats have been unable to force a reckoning with the administration.
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