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Posted: 2022-10-04T21:24:49Z | Updated: 2022-10-04T21:24:49Z

If Republicans win back control of Congress in November, buckle up for many, many investigations.

House Republicans have offered few details of what sorts of governing and legislation theyd like to accomplish if they prevail in the midterms, but they havent been shy about making an enemies list.

HuffPost went through House Republicans Commitment to America campaign document , public statements by party leaders and other accounts of investigation plans, showing a list of almost two dozen targets. And if one includes all the topics House Republicans have at least formally expressed an interest in looking into, the number of probe or hearing targets rises to more than 70.

Some of these may be subsets of others treatment of school closure protesters could be part of a the politicization of the Justice Department probe, for example but the target list runs the gamut, from the Afghanistan withdrawal to investigating the presidents son, Hunter.

Heres the list:

While this list is extensive, it may be too conservative. In the current Congress that began last year, House Republicans have filed 56 resolutions of inquiry, formal congressional resolutions asking specific parts of the administration to hand over documents and communications on matters of interest, potentially for later investigations.