My first impression of the Midterm elections is that with both parties getting their fair share of the control of the future of America, that it might be possible to see if the Progressive cancer, which has infected these over the hill leaders of the Ideological Progressive Branch of the Democratic Party, will come together with Republicans to work for the American people! The problem the ‘Hill’ is having is due to the lack of mandatory term limits that have managed to let these Progressive elites to rule the roost when it comes to the the House of Representatives, but that is only until the 2020 elections when these elites will be judged on how far to the left these particular Progressives are moving their party, and if that happens, then they won’t stand a chance of taking down President Trump when he runs for his second term in 2020!
It appears that Democratic voters and their encouraged to vote illegal immigrant counter part, are willing to just give the House, but not the Senate, to their fearless leaders! They know that if they maintain the same Socialist agenda and strategy as they did while doing nothing for the American people for the last 2 years, other than obstructing and resisting anything and everything that would make America first and great again, that the checks and balances will be there to stop them in the Senate, and as far as their constituency is concerned, and at this time, that’s more then enough power for now!
What Democrats are doing today, and will continue to do until Progressives give back the power of their party to the believing in bipartisanship traditional/classical Democrats, are jumping ship and join the ranks of the ‘Silent Majority,’ a.k.a. Independents, who’ve always believed that America can still be first and great again! I don’t know if you know this but Independent voices aren’t part, and probably never will be part, of the selection process due to the two party closed Primaries that are basically put on for the benefit of the individual Parties constituency, but at the same time ignoring the 45% of Americans that call themselves ‘Independent!
What I’m looking for as a registered Independent is for a bipartisan resolution for Immigration, Healthcare, and making America first and great again! I’m looking for a mandatory set of term limits, a mandatory voter ID law, a path to citizenship for illegals through merit and a comprehensive visa programs, and I’m looking for the elimination of Sanctuary Cities and the impeachment and indictment of any politician that believes that our immigration laws don’t apply to their state or city!
The real disconnect here when it comes to our immigration laws, and that’s because as you know, we are a nation of immigrants, is that the left still feels that Obama’s bypassing the constitution and ‘Rule of Law’ set precedent on pretty much a daily basis is more then fine with them, but when those immigration laws were legislated by the same immigrants and refugees that came to America through the legal process and laws from years past, that their actions are fair game for ridicule and attacks on their party affiliation, their whiteness, or their political beliefs!
When it comes to the lack of employees and the record breaking number of available jobs in America’s markets today, I would start thinking about shrinking the size of the repeating job descriptions that are duplicated by different government agencies, and then allow those individuals to fill those jobs that can’t filled in the private sector!
If you think the approval rating by the American people on Congress before the 2016 of being just 12.8% is low, then know that if these Progressive Dems continue on with their egotistical power play instead of doing anything other than obstructing and resisting everything Trump, as they’ve been only doing for the last 2 years, then know that this 12.8% rating I mentioned before will be far more superior compared to what the next Congressional rating will be! 
If Democrats don’t start working for the American people and helping to resolve the problems through bipartisan solutions with Republicans that Americans face on a daily basis, then Democrats can kiss the 2020 election good bye, and then expect another ‘Huuuuge’ ‘Red’ wave, like the one in the 2016 election that put the most productive outsider non presidential president on record in the White House!
I guess with the House going to the Democrats that the people might have a chance of getting what all Americans have been wishing for, and that’s the chance for bipartisanship to reign supreme for the future of America and the generations that will follow! I don’t know if you missed this, but after the tally of votes and the revelation that the Dems have taken back control of the House that Pelosi came out proclaiming blazing with her phony baloney about the believing in the Constitution and the transparency they’ve always portrayed as a party, when she should have just sat back and taken in the moment!
The only message that I got from her self-proclaimed righteous ‘Fake’ narrative is that she’s proven again to the American people what her true intentions truly are, especially when it comes to the 8 years Obama could care less about the Constitution, ‘Rule of Law,’ or transparency which has been proven time and time again by the lack of cooperation by the Obama ‘Deep State’ hidden ‘carry overs’ not releasing the subpoenaed FISA Warrant documents to the oversight committee, let alone the role Pelosi’s played in Obama’s cover up when his unconstitutional citizenship status to be President was in question!
What the American need to remember is that there is some unfinished business that needs to be completed over the next 2 months before the seating of the new House and Senate members! The time needs to be used to reveal those hidden secrets behind the unconstitutional FISA warrants that were intentionally used to undermine the Trump campaign and presidency that were pushed back to be released after the Midterms, if ever released at all!
The American people need to see just who and how deeply the individual Democrats were involved in the unverifiable Russian Dossier that was financed by Hillary’s DNC, and used to start the investigation into the collusion between the Trump Campaign and the Russians! It’s also time for Ryan, before he exits stage left, to live up to his promise and draft legislation that will fund the remainder of the 2016 election mandated Trump ‘Wall’ before the Dems regain the House and ‘Ice’ the funding of the ‘Wall, especially if Maxine Waters is going to be the one overseeing the taxpayer’s purse strings!
Now that both Rosenstein and Jeff Sessions have been shown the door it’s time to appoint an AG that will use the appropriate power, which was called for at least 6 times over Obama’s 8 years when he abused his position, to finally appoint those Special Prosecutors needed to investigate those obvious scandals that AG Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch refused to do!
The reason why AG Holder and Lynch didn’t appoint those Special Prosecutors was to protect Obama from the due process that was called for when he bypassed the Constitution and ‘Rule of Law’ without any push back or being exposed by the ‘Deep State’ run, ‘Paid to Report’ Mainstream Media! The American people deserve the truth about the numerous acts of treason by Hillary and her Gestapo, the corrupt and complicit leaders of the FBI, DOJ, and CIA, and the ‘Deep State’ that’s still hiding in the ‘Swamp!
I have a gut feeling that when it comes to the information that the ‘Should have been recused’ Deputy AG Rosenstein, but now more than likely will be coming our for all to see, I have to believe that some of these Midterm elected Democrats might be compromised when the information is revealed about the DNC and Hillary’s financed ‘Russian Dossier’ and that now Special Prosecutors can be appointed to question those quickly exiting Democrats and Republicans that used some excuse to get out of town so that they’d be out of reach for an Inspector General’s investigation jurisdiction because they thought that by not seeking reelection and/or retired from Congress….that they couldn’t be called upon to give their personal observations about what really went on behind those Obama ‘Deep State’ closed doors!
There is one thing that the American people should be aware of, and that’s whether or not they believe bipartisanship can ever exist on the Hill with Nancy Pelosi the speaker, Maxine Waters, a Louis Farrakhan supporter, leading the way with the responsibilities of the House finances, Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee that’s being financed by George Soros, and all the others that are ‘Never Trumpers,’ and should prove to the American people just how important it is that we have our elected officials establish term limits!
Neither you or I know what the future of America brings after the Midterms, but with the past actions of the ‘Bad Actors’ of the left who will be calling the shots over at the House of Representatives, know that they have overstayed their welcome due to the lack of term limits, and continue to be negative when even mentioning the possibility of America being first and great again!
Progressive Democrats will be raising more than a ‘Red Flag’ or two I’m sure when they come off of their taking back the House ‘High’ and return to their agenda of destroying America from within! Democrats will continue to blame Republicans for doing what they’re actually doing themselves while attempting to pass the buck! I believe that the left’s continued pushing of their Socialist agenda, and their willingness to continue to bypass the Constitution and ‘Rule of Law,’ and anything else they choose to use to draw these unvetted illegal immigrants and refugees to America, are now beginning to understand that they’re being used to transform the country they’ve dreamed about and risked their lives and family member’s lives to come to, but now realizing that they’ve actually become those Stalin ‘Useful Idiots’ that are being taken advantage of to spread Progressive’s message of hate, lawlessness, and Socialism!
With Progressive Chairmanships in the House coming to power, and the Dem’s announcing in advance that if they did take back the House and/or Senate that they would compel the Trump administration to produce evidence on any of their President Trump’s perceived criminal actions while fishing for a crime, as have the Mueller Investigation has been doing for the last two years with the unsubstantiated Russia collusion with the Trump Campaign and Presidency, which by the way is not a crime!
Let’s not forget what we just witnessed that falls under the same looking for a crime theme with the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings when Democrats on the committee stated that ‘Due Process’ and the ‘Presumption of Innocence’ isn’t a guarantee because it wasn’t considered a trial!
Dems say they’ll call witnesses to a crime that doesn’t exist or even being charged to anyone of committing! The expected Progressive over the ‘Hiller’s’ who will be taking leadership roles when they retain the House in January will continue to do whatever it takes to stop the Trump Presidency from uncovering the truth behind the mission of the ‘Swamp’ to transform America to a Socialist Globalist Domino that can be used to influence other countries to surrender their sovereignty for the greater good of the world! They also have to silence the grandstanding example by America who guarantees individual rights, liberties, and freedoms for all citizens to better one’s own life and future, but not intended for the future of the greater good of other nations less fortunate!
Who are these ‘Titans of Treason,’ these ‘Due Process’ procrastinators, and these ‘Presumption of Innocence’ unpatriotic party poopers? Look, up in the sky, it’s Pelosi, Nadler, Schumer, Waters, Cummings, Lowey, and the rest of the gang from the Party of ‘NO!’
Judiciary
Jerrold Nadler
New York
Lifelong New Yorkers, Mr. Nadler and President Trump have been at each other’s throats since the 1990s, when Mr. Trump was a real estate developer and the Manhattan representative stood in the way of one of his West Side developments. Mr. Nadler’s objections earned him a Trumpian jab — “one of the most egregious hacks in contemporary politics” — but as the chairman of one of the most powerful committees in Congress, Mr. Nadler could bring the president serious pain and potentially oversee his impeachment.
Mr. Nadler has said he would tread more carefully around the ongoing investigation of Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia. In the short term, that means protecting the special counsel overseeing the inquiry, Robert S. Mueller III. But when Mr. Mueller’s work is complete, Mr. Nadler would be a key Democrat deciding whether to open an impeachment inquiry.
The committee also has jurisdiction over some of the Democrats’ highest policy priorities, including writing laws on guns, immigration policy and voting rights.
Oversight and Government Reform
Elijah Cummings
Maryland
With his hands on the levers of the House’s marquee investigative body, Mr. Cummings would face one of the Democrats’ most perilous balancing acts: How to scrutinize the heap of Trump administration scandals left untouched by Republicans without appearing to overreach.
The son of sharecroppers, Mr. Cummings, 67, thinks he can pull it off. He is a blunt and fiery liberal beloved by his caucus who prizes strong working relationships with Republicans.
“This is not about trying to get any retribution. It is about trying to bring us back to a sense of integrity,” he said.
Mr. Cummings has laid out two discrete lanes of inquiry: potential fraud and abuse by the White House and federal agencies; and broader issues that cut at what he refers to as “the soul of our democracy,” such as voter suppression. With the second largest staff in the House, the committee could quickly initiate inquiries into issues like the hobbling of the Environmental Protection Agency, the White House’s revocation of security clearances to voting rights, the 2020 census and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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Financial Services
Maxine Waters
California
Perhaps no member of the House — other than Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader — has been a bigger target for Mr. Trump than Ms. Waters, the 80-year old firebrand from Los Angeles whom he routinely insults as stupid. Her incendiary language — including calls for citizens to confront Trump administration officials in restaurants and other public places — has made her a darling of the liberal left.
“Financial services issues are critical for all Americans and for our economy,” she said in an emailed statement, “and I am focused on making sure that our financial system is fair.”
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Appropriations
Nita Lowey
New York
Women have been a driving force behind the Democrats’ push to retake the House. If they are successful, Ms. Lowey would be the first chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, the powerful panel that controls discretionary spending.
Look for Ms. Lowey, 81, to use the power of the purse to advance spending legislation that reflects the Democrats’ policy goals, including expanding access to health care, lowering prescription drug prices, and increasing funding for child care and early education programs.
She led a successful push earlier this year to fund gun violence prevention studies at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the agency had avoided such research for 20 years, fearing political repercussions. She said she intended to make certain such studies get underway. Separately, she will press for expanded funding for birth control and work to block Republican efforts to reduce spending on family planning or eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
Armed Services
Adam Smith
Washington State
Like other would-be chairman, Mr. Smith, a hawkish former prosecutor, wants badly to step up the committee’s oversight role. He said last month at a defense conference that he would scrutinize overseas military operations, calling out the conflict in Yemen as antithetical to American values. The committee would also look to curtail the president’s efforts to expand the nuclear arsenal, Mr. Smith said, and to protect lesbian, gay and transgender people serving in the armed forces.
At 53, he is one of the younger potential chairmen, though he has served in the House for more than 20 years.
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Education and the Workforce
Bobby Scott
Virginia
A soft-spoken but forceful presence on Capitol Hill, Mr. Scott, 71, is the first African-American elected to Congress from Virginia since Reconstruction and a Harvard-educated former civil rights lawyer. He has been a sharp critic of Betsy DeVos, the education secretary.
High on Mr. Scott’s list is addressing inequities in education. He has repeatedly called on the department to work harder to close the achievement gap between white students and minorities — and has accused Ms. DeVos of permitting states to flout a law that requires schools to make progress toward that goal.
It will also be up to Mr. Scott to try to make good on the Democrats’ promise to make college education affordable. He and his fellow Democrats have already introduced legislation, the Aim Higher Act, to expand access to federal student loans, provide states with grants that would help students graduate from community college debt-free, and crack down on predatory for-profit colleges.
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Energy and Commerce
Frank Pallone
New Jersey
With jurisdiction over health care, energy, the environment and interstate business, the Energy and Commerce Committee looks over some of the most important planks of any party’s agenda. For the Democrats and Mr. Pallone, 66, stabilizing the Affordable Care Act, lowering prescription drug costs and restoring environmental rules undone by Mr. Trump would top the list.
If Republicans still control the Senate, major Democratic priorities, like legislation addressing climate change, are probably headed nowhere. But Mr. Pallone, a member of the Progressive Caucus, could certainly raise the profile of his party’s solutions and could use the committee for hearings into malfeasance in the private sector.
Mr. Pallone may try to work with Republicans to craft new regulations on how social media companies collect and use user data. He would also use the committee to apply pressure on the Federal Communications Commission and its decision to eliminate net neutrality rules.
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Foreign Affairs
Eliot L. Engel
New York
The soft-spoken Mr. Engel, 71, hopes to be a counterbalance to Mr. Trump’s unconventional foreign policy, and he could get an opportunity sooner than anticipated. After the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Trump administration is under intense pressure to punish one of the United States’ closest Arab allies, and the president has said he would rather Congress take the lead. That could give a starring role to Mr. Engel, a lifelong resident of the Bronx whose unflagging support for Israel has occasionally put him at odds with his party.
Mr. Engel could also revive legislation he wrote to hold Russian actors responsible for interfering in the 2016 election and a resolution of inquiry seeking records from Mr. Trump’s summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia earlier this year in Helsinki, Finland. And Democrats are eager to question the State Department on the potential targeting of career employees based on their politics.
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Intelligence
Adam B. Schiff
California
The committee’s divisive investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election made its Democratic members some of the best-known names in Washington — none more so than Mr. Schiff. But the meticulous former federal prosecutor from greater Los Angeles sees its work on the issue as far from done.
When Republicans concluded the Russia investigation in March having found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, Mr. Schiff, 58, and committee Democrats put together a 98-page document detailing outstanding lines of inquiry. With subpoena power, he could chip away at those leads, compelling new testimony from witnesses that Republicans left unexplored.
“One of the issues that is of great concern to me is: Were the Russians laundering money through the Trump Organization,” Mr. Schiff said in a recent interview. “That to me would be far more powerful kompromat than any video.”
Mr. Schiff has said he will make restoring “comity” on the committee a priority after two years of intense partisan infighting.
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Transportation and Infrastructure
Peter DeFazio
Oregon
Considered one of the last opportunities for bipartisanship action, infrastructure could be one of the first action items on the Democrats’ to-do list, and the president may find an unlikely ally in Mr. DeFazio. The 71-year-old chairman-in-waiting has signaled his willingness to work with Mr. Trump, and the president himself has publicly mused that there’s “a chance” House Democrats and he will “get along and get along well.”
Democrats’ proposed infrastructure plan is a sprawling $1 trillion package that would rebuild roads, bridges, water pipes and rural areas’ broadband networks. Mr. DeFazio has proposed generating more revenue by raising the gas tax and indexing it to inflation.
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Ways and Means
Richard E. Neal
Massachusetts
The powerful Ways and Means Committee writes tax law, signs off on trade deals, and oversees Social Security and Medicare. Mr. Neal, an institutionally minded western Massachusetts Democrat, wants to make serious policy pushes in almost all of those areas.
First Mr. Neal, 69, would lead the committee’s consideration of the revised North American Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Neal voted against the original NAFTA agreement, and his opposition to the deal could hobble efforts to sign it into law quickly. Mr. Neal was a vocal opponent of Republicans’ latest tax cuts and would convene hearings on the law’s effects. He and committee Democrats also would play a key role in the party’s attempts to stabilize the Affordable Care Act, address high prescription drug costs, negotiate a potential infrastructure investment bill with Mr. Trump and pass legislation requiring all but the smallest employers to provide 401(k) retirement plans.
Mr. Neal also would have at his disposal an obscure provision in the federal tax code that allows the leaders of Congress’s tax-writing committees to request and investigate the tax returns of any American, including the president. ~~
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