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🧵What the 118th Congress Can (& Cannot) Do
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How Scared Should We Be?

Start with this exhaustive resource that outlines legislative powers & restrictions. Trust me, you'll want to save this one.

congress.gov/help/learn-abo…
1/19
Next, a guide to the Rules, Precedents & Procedures of the House of Representatives - which you also might want to save for future reference.

govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GP…

(The following 4 tweets come from this resource.)

Note that the oversight powers of the House apply...
2/19
to the administration and execution of existing law. The House is not empowered to violate existing law, nor is it empowered to unilaterally change existing laws or regs.

"The investigative power cannot be used to expose merely for the sake of exposure or...
3/19
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