Senate Democrats call for reinstatement of IGs fired by Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : The Friday letter was signed by Peters, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-N.V.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Amy Klobuchar
37% : Trump directed the firing of a flurry of IG in at least 18 offices across the federal government, including within the Department of Defense (DOD), the State Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Energy Department, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and others.
27% : Senate Judiciary Committee sent a bipartisan letter to Trump on Tuesday demanding answers about the firings and reiterating that the president did not give a 30-day notice before following through on the removals.
25% : A group of nearly 40 Senate Democrats is calling on President Trump to reinstate all of the inspectors general (IG) he fired in one night last week, arguing the decision does not comply with the law and "could do lasting harm to IG independence." "Removing these non-partisan watchdogs without providing a substantive and non-political reason is not lawful and undermines their independence, jeopardizing their critical mission to identify and root out waste, fraud, and abuse within federal programs," the 38 Democratic Senators, led by Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) wrote in a 5-page Friday letter to Trump.

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