House Democrats launched a desperate maneuver Wednesday to raise the US debt ceiling without conditions, submitting a discharge petition that would need the backing of at least five Republicans to …
without conditions, submitting a discharge petition that would need the backing of at least five Republicans to come to the floor for a vote.
House Democrats are attempting an end-run Wednesday around Republicans’ bill to raise the debt ceiling.The Democratic House leader added it was “imperative that Members make every effort to sign the discharge petition today.”The Democratic House leader added it was “imperative that Members make every effort to sign the discharge petition today.”on the petition, that a discharge was “not a high probability move.
Even if Democrats collect the required 218 signatures Wednesday, the bill would not be scheduled to put to a vote until June 8, former House parliamentarian Thomas Wickham told the Journal. No House Republican has expressed public support for the petition or even said they would consider it.House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle , far right, initiated the discharge petition.
McCarthy on Wednesday morning told CNBC that the “timeline is very short” to wrap up negotiations over raising the debt limit.“The president should appoint either himself or people from his administration to negotiate directly with myself. The challenge here is the president waited 104 days until he came to this conclusion,” he said on the channel’s “Squawk Box” program
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