Democrats propose discharge petition to get past Mike Johnson

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Democrats propose discharge petition to get past Mike Johnson
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I can't tell if you're summarizing here, but that's exactly what he's doing. The speaker and majority leader decide what bills are allowed to be brought to the floor for a vote. The only way around that is a discharge petition. Jefferies can't bring the bill to a vote himself. From the article:

"The legislation could also be brought to the floor via a discharge petition, which would require the support of 218 members, including at least four Republicans."

The question is, will 4 Republicans break with Trump to support it?

It's a Jeffries quote from a recent press conference..,

Oh, gotcha. There are a lot of pie in the sky "they should just do it" users on here, I can never tell.

will 4 Republicans break with Trump to support it?

There's enough on record shit-talking their colleagues for being obstructionists, at least a few are probably being genuine.