NEW: per NYT
In response to Trump's power abuses House Dems are expected to introduce a package of proposed new limits on executive power designed to strengthen checks on presidency
nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/…
In response to Trump's power abuses House Dems are expected to introduce a package of proposed new limits on executive power designed to strengthen checks on presidency
nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/…
2/"House Democrats are planning to introduce a package of proposed new limits on executive power on Tuesday, beginning a post-Trump push to strengthen checks on the presidency that they hope will compare to the overhauls that followed the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War.
3/"Democrats have spent months negotiating with the Biden White House to refine a broad set of proposals that amount to a point-by-point rebuke of the ways that Donald J. Trump shattered norms over the course of his presidency.
4/"The Democrats have compiled numerous bills into a package they call the Protecting Our Democracy Act. The legislation would make it harder for presidents to offer or bestow pardons in situations that raise suspicion of corruption,
5/"refuse to respond to oversight subpoenas, spend or secretly freeze funds contrary to congressional appropriations, and fire inspectors general or retaliate against whistle-blowers, among many other changes.
6/"The legislation’s lead sponsor, Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, said he hoped it would receive a floor vote 'this fall.' .." ~NYT
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