Does the Senate have oversight of the House?

[Kingofalldems]

If not this more BS from the traitor:

Link to tweet

[manor321]

1. NO

[dalton99a]

2. Yeah. The House reports to the Senate in the idiot's new org chart

which shows the President at the very top, above everyone

[FarPoint]

3. So...the Tweet bait begins....

Ignore...we have our plan..Mueller is leading the way....we knew tRump was planning the hate and shaming routine....Let's learn to IGNORE THIS FUCK....

[scarletlib]

4. Absolutely not!

Both branches are at least co-equal. I would have to pull out the Constitution and re-read it but I believe the House is the first branch mentioned and I think that indicates the priority the Founders meant for it to have.

[Freethinker65]

5. Nope. And the Senate and House have plenty of GOP leakers, so Mitch will not threaten that

Information on Trump and his administration's corruption can, and will be, investigated in the House. Democrats will now be able to choose who to call to testify. I hope they choose wisely.

[joshcryer]

6. The House has way more power than the Senate.

The house writes the legislation and gets actions moving. The Senate signs off on those actions and signs off on appointments.

The House can be used to gain more political leverage. There's also the matter of the upcoming census which is what the Republicans have used to gerrymander the hell out of the country.

[jcgoldie]

10. Unfortunately...

I am so relieved that we won the House and finally have a check on Trump's authoritarianism and corruption, but the Senate controls judicial appointments which is likely to have the much longer term effect and we have likely lost it until 2022.

[mr_lebowski]

15. I thought Senate map looked good for us in 2020, am I incorrect on that? (nt)

[jcgoldie]

17. I dont see where you get 4 or 5 seats

Collins and Gardner are potential pickups in blue states... after that you've got Tillis and Ernst in R+5 states... maybe an unpopular Trump helps sweep them out... but if we lose Nelson and Tester it makes it look more and more impossible.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/senate-update-how-this-years-race-sets-up-2020/

[mitch96]

11. They also control the purse strings...

You can yell and scream all you want but if there is no money it ain't getting done..
Taken from the GOP play book...
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[joshcryer]

12. Yeah, that's where their leverage comes from.

Of course they probably won't be doing any government shutdowns any time soon but they could.

[mitch96]

16. And watch the executive orders come thick and fast from the white house n/t

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[joshcryer]

18. Oh yes. He's already on track to beat Bush and Obama.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders#Consolidated_list_by_President

[Demsrule86]

7. No equal branches of Congress.

[malaise]

8. The vile MAGAcretin never took a Civics

class. He just makes shit up.

[MineralMan]

9. Nope. But, the House controls the purse strings.

There is that.

[Sherman A1]

13. NO

The Constitution isn't really all that difficult of a read.

[Wounded Bear]

14. No, but I think the House should start in house...

with Devin Nunes.

[duforsure]

19. This is how he always does

Threatens , accuses, and calls others names. The House can investigate the that are involved in taking putin money funneled through others for themselves and their campaigns. I think its called treason.

[ellie]

20. No,

don't expect the doofus and his followers to know how the government works. Also, the House controls the money. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. FUCK OFF REPUKES!

God, I went to bed just sick. I couldn't look at the returns and my husband told me Beto lost (not unexpected but still painful) and then I woke up to such great news! I am relieved.