Dems prep anti-Trump blitz during first 100 hours when they take back Congress

WASHINGTON — Buckle up.Incoming presumptive House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries is planning a legislative blitz against President Trump during the first 100 hours of Democrats’ time back in power.During the first 100 hours, Democrats will move to revive the Biden-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies that lapsed last year, end the roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts Republicans enacted, quash Trump’s tariffs, and force Trump to end the war in Iran, aides told multiple outlets.“We’re going to fight to make sure that we make this country affordable for every single American,” soon-to-be House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said after the election.“This is a change election.

And we understand as House Democrats we need to deliver dramatic change.Things are broken.

We need a Congress that puts the American people first.”The idea is to rapidly push those measures right to the House floor, in some cases before key committees are even set up, to avoid getting bogged down in procedural delays.From there, those bills would have to clear the Senate, which is subject to a 60-vote filibuster, though some Democrats believe Republicans may not stand in their way.“Our agenda in the House is going to reflect back what voters just clearly told us,” expected House Majority Leader Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) said at an event with progressives after the election.“They voted to end the war.They voted to end the tariffs,” she went on.

“They voted to end the catastrophic cuts to health care … and they voted to end the corrupt pay-to-play.”The first 100-hour blitz is widely seen as a way for Democrats to notch easy victories right away to capitalize on their Monmouth majority in the lower chamber.Seemingly every faction of the Democratic coalition had a romp on Election Day, including the left flank of the party, which wants to foist its hardcore progressive agenda on the country.“The American people spoke loudly and clearly on Tuesday,” Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)...