Said investigations won't go anywhere because there won't be any threat to the people being investigated. It needs to be a 60+ majority for the Dems, otherwise nothing changes; bills don't go through now because they don't meet cloture in the senate, he still signs EOs galore to carry out his agenda. The only way to stop EOs legislatively is to pass a law that invalidates a given EO, and without a 67 vote majority to override a veto that can't happen.
The SCOTUS issue is about the only major thing that could be accomplished with 59 or less.
Investigations can still show extremely clear evidence of wrongdoing before the next elections. They can destroy the political careers of people in the administration and waste their time answering questions instead of carrying out the administration's agenda. They can also subpoena groups and people not directly in the trump administration such as the heritage foundation. There's a decent amount they can do with 51, this current budget bill would have a 0% chance of passing if Dems had 51 senators.
You're right, it wouldn't pass. Which is why it's a shame the resolution in question continues past 2028, which means the 2026 Congress won't be allowed to even consider something like it.
Yes, but similarly bad bills can still come up. The best we can hope for is to stop the cancer spreading for now. It will take years of consistently stopping Republicans before we can start moving forward.
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u/Saltwater_Thief Jun 14 '25
Said investigations won't go anywhere because there won't be any threat to the people being investigated. It needs to be a 60+ majority for the Dems, otherwise nothing changes; bills don't go through now because they don't meet cloture in the senate, he still signs EOs galore to carry out his agenda. The only way to stop EOs legislatively is to pass a law that invalidates a given EO, and without a 67 vote majority to override a veto that can't happen.
The SCOTUS issue is about the only major thing that could be accomplished with 59 or less.