Congress is no longer the primary arbiter of when we go to war, when we sign treaties, the direction of the budget ... 8/
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This should be disconcerting to both Trump supporters and critics - and everyone else. 19/
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If Trump and family are innocent of charges leveled against them, vindication will be swifter through a real congressional process. 20/
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If they have something to hide, it will be obvious under rigorous public questioning. 21/
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Everyone, regardless of this issue or partisan lean, should be horrified by the way Congress continues to cede its power to exec branch 22/
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Congress is Article I. Each year, its members act more and more like an appendix. 23/
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This "talk to the committee in private" privilege is just one more sad display of a hollowed out branch of government. 24/
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This won't change unless the public demands that reps/sens honor our system by exercising the power they've been lent for 2 or 6 years. 25/
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Compelling witnesses to testify in public is but one small way in which Congress acts as a check. But it's an important one. 26/
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Ok, I'm done 27/27
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Repub Congress clinging to the lonely hope that they will hold onto power, yet that attempt has highlighted their incompetence to function.
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Fidget-spinning while Rome burns.
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Hard to know which way the wind blowing these days but I'm sure they're riding the fence.pic.twitter.com/oABDqIu8FW
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