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The Herculean Task of the Democratic House in 2019







Nancy Pelosi has finally said something about what Dems will do when and if they take control of the House. The laundry list should begin to get awfully long by now. The Ethics concerns should have begun to pile up from Day One of the Trump Presidency. At present, there is no mechanism of checks and balances on the insider trading, the cronyism, the government waste, fraud and abuse, the corruption and flagrant spending of taxpayer money for personal expenses within this corrupt administration.

Steve Schmidt, former Republican strategist, is correct in saying the Democrats should have been better at hammering home this message. And frankly, the Dems have never been good at messaging and they aren’t getting any better now. But the Trump Administration is so bad, so corrupt and over-reaching, that they may win in spite of themselves.


The list should include:

·         Hearings on ALL Trump Administration officials to restore oversight and win back the trust of the American people to let the public know that government is supposed to work for us

·         Hearings on the power of the purse, and the tariffs that Trump has imposed can be wiped out

·         Insuring Sanctions against Russia will remain in place as Putin and his cronies are working suspiciously hand in hand with Trump & his allies

·         Trump himself: The Big Kahuna needs to be reined in bigly- meaning passing legislation that will insure that no person can run for the highest office in the land without disclosing their tax returns and pledging to place their assets in a blind trust established by a third party.

·         Restoring the Rule of Law; The EPA and Attorney General offices, the DOJ and the restoration of faith in our National Security officials

·         The Sanctity of our ELECTIONS: Holding hearings to find out what happened in 2016; and establishing effective Cyber-Security measures to prevent the 2020 Presidential Election from being hacked like the last one

·         The CENSUS: Working to ensure the upcoming census will not result in partisan gerrymandering as the Trump Administration is working to destroy faith in our government agencies;

·         Working to pass a VOTING RIGHTS ACT; and to fight voter suppression laws on the books in red states

·         Fighting for HEALTH CARE: As Trump & team have worked to undermine and destroy Obamacare; the Blue Wave will have to work very hard to establish the stronghold of health care for all and work to protect our basic rights and establishment of protecting those with pre-existing conditions and Obamacare policies from losing coverage

·         Fighting for the environment; as Trump & co have worked each day to destroy hard fought rules that protect every American and our air and water; the basic rights and fundamental things that we need for our health and happiness.





There is always the specter of impeachment hanging over the head of this administration, like the Sword of Damocles. But frankly, if that laundry list is achieved, Trump will be toothless as he tries to limp towards a 2020 bid. It would be doubtful he could mount a successful bid for re-election, if he is exposed with hearings and reined in, particularly in his financial dealings and shady past as a businessman.



He will be defeated, if there are enough people in the opposition with the will to fight and to expose him and his gang of “Banana Republic” cronies, as Steve Schmidt characterized them. If they are exposed as the crooked gang of cheats that has been laid out before us, then we will be able to continue to defeat them at the ballot box and eventually, in the courts. The arc of Justice is long and slow, but it will prevail. Let’s hope the Republic can hold up to the daily onslaught in the interim...

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