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Outside groups urge congressional Dems to target corporate interests over Trump
Outside groups urge congressional Democrats to focus oversight on cost of living and corporate actors rather than Trump.
Key points
- Democrats are expected to launch investigations into companies that did business with the Trump administration in tech, crypto and
- Groundwork and Hart Research polling found two in three voters think investigations of corporate greed should be a high priority.
- Wyden said the Senate Finance Committee's priorities "will be affordability for us, accountability for them.
Why it matters. The push could shape how Democrats set oversight priorities in the next Congress, since advocates argue an affordability focus could resonate more deeply with voters.
Outside progressive and center-left groups are urging Democrats, who take over key investigative committees in January, to focus oversight on living costs and corporate actors. Groundwork and Hart Research polling found two in three voters rate investigations of corporate greed as a high priority, versus 58% who want Trump's personal corruption prioritized. Sen.
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Outside groups urge congressional Dems to target corporate interests over Trump
Groups and strategists advising Democrats are warning them to use their investigative tools on corporate interests, rather than on President Donald Trump. As Democrats prepare to take back the gavels in key investigative committees in the next Congress , outside groups are urging them to use their oversight resources to focus more on the cost of living and corporate actors than on President Donald Trump . Such an approach could resonate more deeply with voters, according to several groups and individuals who have been drafting oversight plans and advising members of Congress. Democrats are expected to launch myriad investigations into companies that have done business with the Trump administration in the technology , cryptocurrency and prediction market industries when they assume power in January. "We were pretty worried that we were going to repeat the same mistake of 2019, where Democrats came with a big new majority... and they spent a year-plus on impeachment," Alex Jacquez, a senior vice president of policy, advocacy and research at Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank, told CNBC on Thursday. "The issue never really resonated for people. Donald Trump was more popular the day that impeachment ended in the Senate than he was when it started in the House," he said. Several Democratic-aligned groups and strategists expressed similar sentiments to CNBC. They're u.