Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top lawyer who clashed with White House left his job

Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes with Feds

“Democratic state officials are ramping up their preparations to protect against what they view as a new threat to election security: the federal government,” the New York Times reports. “At a meeting in Milwaukee in May, staff members from the offices of every Democratic attorney general and about a dozen Democratic secretaries of state held […]

Senate Democrats Ask Watchdog to Probe Trump Gutting Offshore Wind

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Martin Heinrich asked the Government Accountability Office to look into the Interior Department’s leasing and permitting practices for offshore wind. Francis Chung/POLITICO/APSenate Democrats are ramping up efforts to investigate the Trump administration’s push to shut down offshore wind development.Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico), asked the Government Accountability Office to look…

Democrats urge appeals court not to overturn mifepristone regulations

The entire congressional Democratic caucus filed an amicus brief urging a federal appeals court to retain the Food and Drug Administration’s current rules for prescribing abortion pills.  Forty-seven Democratic senators and 212 House members asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit not to reinstate an in-person requirement to obtain mifepristone, which has…

Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top lawyer who clashed with White House left his job

Senate Democrats want a watchdog at the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the recent departure of a high-ranking IRS attorney who clashed with President Donald Trump's White House after the attorney raised concerns about influence over taxpayer audits.

Senate Democrats demand investigation into ouster of IRS lawyer