Four House Committees to Vote on Trump Controversies
Source: Roll Call
To include: Comey, taxpayer money to Trump and Trump International Hotel lease
Posted Jul 25, 2017 5:00 AM
Kate Ackley
@Kate Ackley
Using an obscure tactic, House Democrats will force their GOP colleagues to take controversial committee votes this week over President Donald Trump’s business ties and the government’s widening Russia probe. The votes also will deal with the firing of former FBI Director James B. Comey, taxpayer money to the Trump Organization and the government’s lease of the Old Post Office Building to the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
Though Republicans have the votes to block all of the measures, as has happened previously, Democrats view these efforts as a way to put Republicans on record and to create a potential battle cry for the midterm elections. Should such matters continue to dog the president into 2018, the minority party wants to link congressional Republicans to Trump’s woes .
Votes on four different resolutions of inquiry are scheduled this week in the House Judiciary, Financial Services, Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure committees. Additional resolutions are forthcoming, likely after the August recess, in the Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs panels, according to congressional Democrats.
The resolutions of inquiry allow members to vote in committee on whether they would like to request documents from the administration. If these resolutions are not considered within 14 legislative days of introduction by the committees or jurisdiction, then they can be brought for a vote on the House floor.
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