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Democrats, with Congress, face Trump veto and GOP leadership fight
States Newsroom reported Wednesday that Democratic leaders, after winning the House and Senate, must weigh investigations of President Donald Trump against bills he can still veto.
Democratic leaders in Congress, after winning both chambers in Tuesday's midterms, have until January to set how they will investigate President Donald Trump while still needing his signature on major bills, States Newsroom reported Wednesday1.
The network said Democrats will not hold veto-proof margins when the new Congress convenes, so legislation on the cost of living and other items would require compromise or face a veto and possible funding standoffs1.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is expected to become speaker and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to become majority leader, the report said1.
Trump, at an impromptu press conference Wednesday at the White House ballroom construction site, said he would "get along, probably, with the Democrats unless they want to be destructive," and cited his veto, according to the account1.
He said he was not concerned about a third impeachment attempt, arguing it would hurt Democrats, the report said1. On the war in Iran, he said it would continue until he decided to end it1.
Schumer named cost of living, government corruption and a check on Trump among his priorities and said Democrats would investigate, go to court and use legislation if Trump defied the public or the law1. He said Democrats would try to use must-pass spending bills as guardrails on the administration and the Iran war, without saying how they would obtain a presidential signature1.
Schumer did not say whether Democrats would try to end the Senate filibuster or impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the report said1. His office said he intends to seek majority leader and that no Democrat had announced a challenge1.
Jeffries said Democrats were ready to find bipartisan ground on affordability and that the House to-do list would start with reversing Medicaid changes in the Republican tax-and-spending law and restoring enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits that lapsed last year1. He said no House Democrat had talked to him about impeachment1.
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., said House Democrats would hold hearings and seek legislation on artificial intelligence and data centers, the report said1.
Senate Republican Leader John Thune of South Dakota plans to remain as minority leader, a spokesperson told the network1. Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana plans to leave leadership rather than become minority leader; Reps. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio are running, with votes expected in mid-November1.
A person familiar with Scalise's plans told States Newsroom his goal would be returning Republicans to the majority1. Jordan wrote colleagues that the party must learn from the election and that he knows Democrats' oversight playbook1. Trump said he would stay out of that race and did not ask Johnson to step aside, the report said1.