NORTH CAROLINA -- With Democrats set to take charge of the House starting in January, the party is now tasked with figuring out what their priorities will be.

• In interviews, North Carolina Democrats listed a series of policy goals.
• When Democrats take power, it will be the first time they will control the lower chamber since 2010.
• Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pointing to infrastructure as a potential area of cooperation.

In interviews, North Carolina Democrats listed a series of policy goals. They also expressed some wariness about the House becoming consumed by investigations of the Trump administration.

“We start with healthcare, we’ve got to make sure the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented,” said Rep. GK Butterfield, NC-1. “Then we’ve got to move to education.”

“The first thing out of the block is political reform, that’s basic to everything else,” said Rep. David Price, NC-4, arguing that both the president and gerrymandering are threatening U.S. democracy.

When Democrats take power, it will be the first time they will control the lower chamber since 2010. That gives them control over both legislation and subpoena power.

They also could pursue impeachment – a move that would in all likelihood fail in the Republican-controlled Senate.

“That shouldn’t be a conclusion we reach lightly. We know that for a step that grave to be taken, it requires bipartisan support,” Price said.

President Donald Trump has already said that if Democrats go after him, it will put any chance of working together in peril.

North Carolina’s newly-elected congressman – Republican Mark Harris – has advice for his colleagues across the aisle about what their priorities should be: “If I were making decisions for them, I’d want to focus on policy so they have something to run on in 2020, not just totally bog everything down, tick off the American people in the process.”

With the House in Democratic hands and Republicans in charge in the Senate, can anything of substance get done in Washington? Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pointing to infrastructure as a potential area of cooperation.

“I’m very excited about infrastructure investment, if it’s done the right way -- President Trump has talked about a trillion dollar investment in infrastructure. I like the concept,” Butterfield said.

The question is, can they agree on a way to pay for it?