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Democrats’ Congress Win Could Slow Trump’s D.C. Projects
Democratic control of Congress could give lawmakers more leverage to block funding and approvals for Trump’s Washington overhaul, experts said.
- Democrats' overwhelming victory on Tuesday could pump the brakes on President Donald Trump's agenda, with the incoming Congress holding 54 Democratic senators and 237 representatives.
- Trump has been deeply involved in reshaping D.C., pursuing renovation of the Kennedy Center, overhauling East Potomac Golf Links into an 18-hole championship course, and erecting a 250-foot memorial arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
- Starting Jan. 3, Democrats will control the appropriations process, giving them budget authority to cut project funding and use the debt ceiling fight to rein in Trump's architectural ambitions.
- Legal experts believe the election emboldens judges, as shown when Judge Chutkan granted a 14-day delay on the memorial arch after lawsuits from Virginia and the District of Columbia consolidated late Thursday.
- Rep. Jared Huffman of California, top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, spent the past year probing Trump's projects and plans aggressive oversight efforts to prevent their completion.
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As Congress returns to Democrats, one likely casualty emerges: Trump's District of Columbia projects
In his first public appearance after an election that soundly repudiated his policies, President Donald Trump turned to a topic both familiar and, given the context, surprising.
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