The incoming freshmen Democratic representatives, who will serve to January 2021 in the Democrats’ House of Representatives majority, include New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She has been termed a ‘Democratic socialist’, including by herself, the same designation used to describe veteran Senator Bernie Sanders, a possible frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic US presidential nomination. Both legislators’ ascent raises questions of what ‘Democratic socialism’ will mean for US politics.
Democratic House committees will likely subpoena corporate records more often.
House Democrats will push for more legislative oversight of corporate hiring, seeking more diversity and equality.
Democrats will use the House to pressure regulators to reconsider evaluating monopolies for their effects on wages.
The Democratic-controlled House will push to reintroduce restrictions on lobbying.
