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发帖数: 266 | 1 民主党只需17位共和党支持就能discharge petition了...如果真的这样做，共和党就
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There's a way around this problem: the discharge petition. If 218 members of
the House sign one, then it automatically comes to the House floor for a
vote. Last December, Democrats in the House threatened a discharge petition
to bring up a Senate bill extending the Bush tax cuts on income under $250,
000 a year.
House Democrats would have to do it again with the Senate immigration bill.
Democrats only have 201 votes, so they'd need seventeen Republicans to join
them, plus one for every Democrat who defects.
Could it work? Well, discharge petitions are rare. But the circumstances
here are rare, too. For the majority party, signing a discharge is an act of
disloyalty against the leadership. It undermines the Speaker's ability to
control what comes to a vote. | w*******u
发帖数: 271 | 2 good theory, unlikely to happen
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: 民主党只需17位共和党支持就能discharge petition了...如果真的这样做，共和党就
: 更完蛋了
: There's a way around this problem: the discharge petition. If 218 members of
: the House sign one, then it automatically comes to the House floor for a
: vote. Last December, Democrats in the House threatened a discharge petition
: to bring up a Senate bill extending the Bush tax cuts on income under $250,
: 000 a year.
: House Democrats would have to do it again with the Senate immigration bill.
: Democrats only have 201 votes, so they'd need seventeen Republicans to join
: them, plus one for every Democrat who defects.
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