"Sanders claimed that House Democrats "literally haven't gotten anything done" since California Rep. Nancy Pelosi became speaker in January. Sanders went on to suggest the House has not passed "significant pieces of legislation ... that are going to change the course of this country."
Trump echoed Sanders in a series of Thursday morning tweets, claiming that "Zero is getting done with the Democrats in charge of the House" and that " it is not possible for (Congress) to investigate and legislate at the same time."
Facts first: Both Sanders' claim and Trump's are misleading. While the Democratic-controlled House is pursuing 11 investigations relating to the President, House Democrats have also passed 235 pieces of legislation since January, including several major bills. Of those, only a handful have been taken up by the Republican-held Senate.
According to Congress.gov, the House has passed 235 pieces of legislation during the current session of Congress. That includes big items on the Democratic agenda as well as smaller bipartisan bills that get passed in any Congress, like the naming of post offices.
As for major legislation, the House has passed sweeping bills that would address ethics, campaign finance and government reform, as well as bills that would seek to ban discrimination of people based on sexual orientation, create universal background checks, and keep the US in the Paris agreement on climate change.
The House has passed these agenda-item bills that they campaigned on nearly every week that they've been in session.
These are largely considered messaging bills since the GOP-controlled Senate has opted not to take up the vast majority of them.
Of the bills that have passed, 17 were also passed by the Senate and became law, including legislation to end the shutdown, to address the Colorado River Drought, and address conservation and outdoor recreation".
Trump echoed Sanders in a series of Thursday morning tweets, claiming that "Zero is getting done with the Democrats in charge of the House" and that " it is not possible for (Congress) to investigate and legislate at the same time."
Facts first: Both Sanders' claim and Trump's are misleading. While the Democratic-controlled House is pursuing 11 investigations relating to the President, House Democrats have also passed 235 pieces of legislation since January, including several major bills. Of those, only a handful have been taken up by the Republican-held Senate.
According to Congress.gov, the House has passed 235 pieces of legislation during the current session of Congress. That includes big items on the Democratic agenda as well as smaller bipartisan bills that get passed in any Congress, like the naming of post offices.
As for major legislation, the House has passed sweeping bills that would address ethics, campaign finance and government reform, as well as bills that would seek to ban discrimination of people based on sexual orientation, create universal background checks, and keep the US in the Paris agreement on climate change.
The House has passed these agenda-item bills that they campaigned on nearly every week that they've been in session.
These are largely considered messaging bills since the GOP-controlled Senate has opted not to take up the vast majority of them.
Of the bills that have passed, 17 were also passed by the Senate and became law, including legislation to end the shutdown, to address the Colorado River Drought, and address conservation and outdoor recreation".
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