Article snippet: House Democrats returning to the Capitol this week face a growing dilemma over how to keep focus on their legislative agenda amid an escalating series of investigations of MORE. Caucus support for impeachment has only grown since lawmakers were last in Washington in late July, but many, particularly "majority makers" in competitive districts, want to spend more energy on policy matters such as gun reform and health care. Democrats opened a series of new investigative fronts over the six-week summer recess going beyond the scope of former special counsel MORE’s report on Russian election interference and Trump’s attempts to undermine the probe — all under the specter of impeachment. Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees announced Friday that they had sent letters requesting documents about efforts to promote spending taxpayer funds at Trump’s properties. That came in response to the president’s proposal to host the next Group of Seven summit at his Doral resort in Florida and Vice President Pence's stay at Trump’s golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, which was nearly 200 miles away from official meetings in Dublin. “Potential violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution are of grave concern to the committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment,” Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (D-Tenn.) wrote in a letter to the White House counsel and Secret Service, referring to the clauses in the Constitu... Link to the full article to read more
Trump probes threaten to overshadow Democrats' agenda | TheHill
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