House Republicans authorized a new rule to prevent Democrats from probing the Trump administration’s scandals until October.

Amid mounting scandals out of the Trump administration, House Republicans voted Tuesday in favor of a rule that creates hurdles for Democrats looking to investigate it.

Departments across Trump’s government have been rocked by scandals over a variety of issues: Elon Musk’s glaring conflicts of interest while gutting the federal government, Cabinet officialsdiscussing sensitive military plans with civilians via a third-party messaging platform or members of Congress benefiting as the White House turned tariffs on and off.

Democrats have tried to shine light on these and other scandals using what are called “resolutions of inquiry,” which can tee up what are essentially special votes over whether to provide information from the president or executive officials.

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    His job is but to sign their documents when they tell him to.

    There’s no way on this Earth that Mango Mussolini knows words like “axiomatic” or “plenary”.

    Federal supremacy with respect to immigration, national security, and foreign policy is axiomatic. The Constitution provides the Federal Government with plenary authority regarding immigration to protect the sovereignty of our Nation and to conduct relations with other nations, who must be able to deal with one national Government on such matters.

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      His job is but to sign their documents when they tell him to.

      I mean, that was pretty apparent when they presented a large stack of EOs for him to sign on Day 0. No way DJT read through all of them, he doesn’t read shit - that was proven during his last term.

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        He was too busy posing for the cameras. I remember vividly him being informed what the piece of paper was about moments before signing it.