House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections.
The undertaking is as robust as it is daunting, spanning several House committees. With majority power comes bigger budgets and staff, and the ability to investigate, subpoena and potentially course-correct what the Democrats say are widespread corruption and abuses of power. Impeachment of the Republican president and Cabinet officials is not off the table.
“There is a cost to the American people of the out-of-control corruption,” said Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats win control at the Capitol.
Conviction after impeachment is nearly impossible given that 67 Senators need to vote for it; at best the Democrats could reach 52 or 53 seats in the Senate.
Edit: Not that it’s not worth going through the impeachment process in the House to underscore just how far off the rails Trump has gone, but Trump will never be convicted in the Senate for anything he’s done as President in the current political landscape.