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That gives them the ability to functionally accomplish nothing, so it doesn't move the needle at all.

• ianai 8y ago
  The majority in the house gains the chairman seats in all of the committees. We will see subpoena power used by democrats to investigate and ultimately inform the public on many things which the house republicans buried or ignored. Elections have consequences. My personal, political hope is that the democrats try to be productive with the republicans in Congress and the White House - but of course maximizing the results of their leverage on the process. Unfortunately, there’s not much room for optimism from how the republicans denied cooperation with the democrats during the last administration.
  • jki275 8y ago
    The house, by itself, can do nothing but gridlock. They can subpoena all day long and it won't make any difference in anything. Neither party has a monopoly on burying things, and anyone who decides to not play by the rules is going to get destroyed by both sides -- your hope of some kind of transparency by the democrats is badly misplaced. I personally don't mind gridlock that badly -- none of them have the best interests of the people in mind, so the less they're able to accomplish the better.