Democrats on Capitol Hill have little power to prevent GOP leaders from moving President Trump’s ambitious policy agenda through Congress this year. But they’re going out of their way to make the process as painful as possible for vulnerable Republicans.

In the House this week, the Democrats’ top super-PAC announced a new campaign to highlight the Medicaid cuts that are all but inevitable as part of the Republicans’ nascent effort to pay for an extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

In the Senate, where GOP leaders are poised to move a budget wishlist this week, Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging his troops to push amendments to amplify the Democrats’ charges that GOP leaders want to slash working-class benefits to help the wealthiest taxpayers.

And both efforts come on the heels of a choreographed tactic by Democrats on the House Budget Committee to offer a long series of policy riders to the GOP’s budget resolution aimed at preventing steep cuts to federal nutrition, healthcare and other programs benefiting low-income families in every district in the country.

The Democrats’ can’t unilaterally block the GOP’s agenda, since it’s expected to move by a budget procedure, known as reconciliation, that empowers the reigning Republicans to push legislation through both chambers with a simple majority.........

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