Ace Finance Desk – After Democrats clinched the Senate majority for next Congress, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) outlined the agenda for party members on the Senate Finance Committee according to the Hill News report
Wyden, in line to chair the panel, blasted the panel’s Republicans for using their authority to “execute and defend the most craven parts” of President Trump’s agenda, highlighting his tariffs and healthcare cuts.
“Trump and Republicans have been running a smash-and-grab job on the American people,” Wyden said in a release. “Under my leadership, the top priorities of the Finance Committee will be affordability for us, accountability for them.”
Senate Finance Democrats’ agenda, Wyden said, will feature raising taxes on billionaires and corporations, ending the “corporate chokehold on our nation’s healthcare system” and reasserting congressional authority over tariff policy.
Americans punished Republicans for persistently high prices this midterm cycle, as Democrats flipped the Senate and House and will begin the next Congress with larger majorities than what the GOP had the last two years.
Republican Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho) has chaired the Finance panel since January 2025, after Wyden chaired the committee the previous four years.
The committee has jurisdiction over the Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury departments, along with the Social Security Administration, among other agencies.
Another component of Senate Finance Democrats’ agenda, Wyden said, will be “accountability” for major corporations.
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