WASHINGTON ― Democrats newly in control of the House of Representatives unveiled the first part of their legislative agenda Friday, but they left out one thing: President Donald Trump’s tax returns. We’re not going to have a knee-jerk reaction,” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), a top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, told HuffPost. The congressman previously said he would seek Trump’s tax returns if Democrats won the House in November. One problem with the idea that Democrats need to put more pressure on Trump is that Trump has already been under pressure to release his tax returns for two and a half years. Ways and Means and other committees have not even named their new members since Democrats assumed control of the House this week, said Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.

Source: Huffington Post January 04, 2019 19:52 UTC