During their protest of Russell Vought’s confirmation, Senate Democrats sounded the alarm about Vought’s role in drafting Project 2025 and his support for vastly expanding the power of the president.
Vought, said Wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin at 10:30 pm eastern time on Wednesday, “has openly called for the president to defy congress and take control of federal funding decisions that are constitutionally vested in the legislative branch.”
Schiff accused the Trump administration of unlawfully attempting to break down the separation of powers and said Vought would play a role in aiding that effort.
“This is an effort to try to consolidate power, all the power of this government, in the hands of Donald Trump and a few of his hand-picked very wealthy, billionaire friends,” said California Democrat Adam Schiff.
The Republicans have a plan and leadership to follow through, rules or not. Democrats are stuck in a system that is stacked against them and I haven’t seen anything but reactionary chaos.
Maybe assert control over their responsibilities, such as federal budget. You don’t need the majority, last I heard, to tell the prez to bugger off out of his territory. Stop handing the president congresses powers.
Edit: I see states are suing to stop, which is a big, big plus, but congress controls the purse. Kick them out or take a page from the Republican playbook and shut down the gov.