Sunday, December 28, 2025

Congress Looks to Reclaim Relevance After Ceding Power to WH

Frustrated lawmakers are looking to 2026 in the hopes that they can reclaim some of the power many fear they've ceded to the White House under President Trump.

Posted by LampLighter at 02:30 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

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Sean Duffy says he now has veto power over appropriations passed by Congress and signed into law. He is the dictator over infrastructure funds. If you do something he doesn't like, you lose the funds passed by Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru ...

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-- Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) Dec 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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... Over the course of 2025, the Trump administration unilaterally shuttered or drastically weakened federal agencies, implemented widespread tariffs, canceled congressionally approved spending and conducted military operations in the Caribbean.

Democrats repeatedly cried foul, and even some Republicans aired concerns about the White House brushing aside Congress. Scores of lawmakers opted for retirement before the calendar even turned to January.

Now many are wondering whether anything will be different next year, especially with the added political pressure of the approaching midterm elections. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-27 08:36 PM

---- every single Republicant congressperson.

Gutless cowards, traitors and ---------.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-27 08:45 PM

From the article: "Frustrated lawmakers are looking to 2026 in the hopes that they can reclaim some of the power many fear they've ceded to the White House under President Trump." If they are actually thinking along those lines and are aware of the quality of pols around them, they must be as delusional and dim as the low-wattage voters who put them there.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-29 06:00 AM

So long as there is an election next November, Congress will start to retrieve its power, with Dems in charge. GOPers will be quietly thankful that someone in DC finally showed up with spines stiffer than over-cooked pasta. Meanwhile, Little Mike Johnson will still think he is (1) Speaker of the House, (2) relevant, and (3) notable for his good works on behalf of American voters...

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2025-12-29 08:43 AM

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