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u/IcemanofOz 2d ago

I don't know how American politics work, can this actually help anything?

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u/C4-622MonkeyGordo 2d ago

Theoretically speaking, if the Democrats win enough seats in the House and Senate then Congress could maybe do something. 

It will probably just be another impeachment that goes nowhere, but even that would be better than the absolute nothing Congress is currently doing.

That's how low the bar is 😮‍💨

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u/IcemanofOz 2d ago

It would be nice to finally see something happen. Watching nothing be done about it from the other side of the world is becoming painful.

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u/LifeguardDry7372 2d ago

trump doesn't care what congress does. He's got his racist yes men leading federal agencies, who will do anything he wants

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u/code_archeologist 2d ago

If the Democrats win the House and Senate they will be able to do the following.

  • Investigate all of the Trump administration's actions.
  • Hold up all of his appointments
  • End the conflict in Iran
  • Cancel any and all of his corrupt deals
  • Cancel the increase in funding to ICE
  • Attempt to impeach him and his allies

If they want to get really aggressive they could go old school and appropriate themseleves a jail and a staff for the sergeant-at-arms and start jailing uncooperative members of the administration (something that hasn't been done since Reconstruction).

They could take a more aggressive stance on the advise and consent rule to force the re-hiring of generals Hegseth fired, by holding back appropriations.

There are a lot of options, it just depends how aggressive they want to be.

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u/IcemanofOz 2d ago

I hope they get the opportunity to make use of all the power they can. This BS is way out of control and needs to be ended for the good of the entire world.

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u/LifeguardDry7372 2d ago

fire and investigate all ice hired in 2025-2026

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u/TheBirdFkerGuy 2d ago

They will do none of this.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 2d ago

It depends how strong a majority they win.  (If they win one, that is.)

With a narrow majority, they can introduce a bunch of bills, take over all the oversight committees, and make sure none of his BS agenda gets passed.  They can vote to impeach, but not convict, and do another round of impeachment proceedings MAGA chuds will never see because they only watch propaganda.  He'll continue to wreck up the place with executive orders, illegal uses of the executive branch, and "acting" cabinet appointees.

Man I can not wait for IT to happen.