Democrats, Republicans Study Plan to Curb Presidential Powers
- House Rules Committee plans bipartisan hearing next week
- Discussion will focus on trend of eroding Congress’s authority
A bipartisan effort to wrest congressional authority back from the president will get a House hearing next week to look at decades of what many lawmakers view as executive overreach -- not just the actions of President Donald Trump.
The House Rules Committee session March 3 will focus on presidents of both parties citing broad authority over government functions. Chairman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from Massachusetts, said the discussion will include foreign policy, military deployments and the use of national emergencies to circumvent Congress.
“This issue transcends party, and I hope we can find bipartisan solutions so Congress can finally exercise its full authority again,” McGovern said in a statement issued jointly with the committee’s top Republican, Tom Cole of Oklahoma.