Congressional Democrats are requesting an investigation of whether the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Trump has been violating the law by advocating for the passage of legislation on its Twitter accounts.

The Democrats, in a letter to the head of the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, point to messages on the official HHS Twitter feed calling for the passage of the Republican bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, known as the American Health Care Act.

“In recent months, at least two of the Department’s official Twitter accounts have promoted the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) — legislation that is now pending before the Congress,” wrote Sens. Patty Murray Patricia (Patty) Lynn MurraySenate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Trump health officials grilled over reports of politics in COVID-19 response CDC director pushes back on Caputo claim of 'resistance unit' at agency MORE (D-Wash.) and Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Democratic senators ask inspector general to investigate IRS use of location tracking service MORE (D-Ore.) as well as Reps. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.), the top Democrats on the congressional healthcare committees.

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“These actions appear to violate restrictions on the use of the Department’s appropriations for supporting the enactment of legislation pending before Congress, in this case, a legislative proposal that would repeal the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") and leave 23 million Americans without health insurance,” they added.

They point to a provision in the appropriations bill banning federal funds from being used for electronic communications to advocate for legislation before Congress. The Anti-Lobbying Act also has prohibitions on using federal funds to back legislation Congress is considering, the Democrats note.

The tweets in question include the HHS account linking to clips of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaking in support of the AHCA on the show "Fox & Friends," as well as links to videos of Americans speaking about how ObamaCare has harmed them.