Article snippet: WASHINGTON — New divides opened among House Democrats on Tuesday over how to uphold Congress’ oversight powers in the face of President Donald Trump’s stonewalling, with a sizable bloc of progressive lawmakers pushing for the first time over their leaders’ objections to start an impeachment inquiry. Democrats were at odds about how to fight the latest defiance of a House subpoena, this time by former White House counsel Don McGahn, who skipped a scheduled hearing Tuesday about Trump’s attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., House Judiciary Committee chairman, promised to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress and warned Trump and other potential witnesses to expect new hardball tactics. Democratic lawmakers and aides said they could include new subpoenas, possible rules changes allowing the House to fine people held in contempt and threats to Trump’s legislative priorities as leverage for compliance. “We will not allow the president to stop this investigation, and nothing in these unjustified and unjustifiable legal attacks will stop us from pressing forward with our work on behalf of the American people,” Nadler said during a brief hearing of an emotionally raw Judiciary Committee. “We will hold this president accountable, one way or the other.” The Democrats’ divisions spring from a shared fear that Trump is succeeding not just in evading congressional accountability himself but in permanently rewriting the rules of engagement ... Link to the full article to read more