House Democrats try to force floor vote on foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
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Democrats are using a legislative maneuver that's rarely been successful to try and bypass GOP leaders who are not holding a vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/house-discharge-petition-ukraine-israel-aid/

The Democratic discharge petition would require 218 signatures to force a vote on the aid package on the House floor.

This means that the Democrats would need some number of Republicans to sign the petition, because they will lose some of their own votes because the Senate aid package includes aid to Israel.

Republican bastards have filed a competing discharge petition without humanitarian aid, that even if passed would delay aid by weeks or months if it passes.

I suspect that the Republican measure contains Lizard People aid.

    • Logi
      1•10 months ago

      Under normal circumstances, sure. But when the support is specifically for weapons being used to massacre women and children in Gaza, then it becomes tough to swallow.

  • Optional
    16•10 months ago

    ReQs: We want everything!

    Dems: fine, here’s everything. Now let’s support Ukraine.

    ReQs: . . . No! I don’t want it now!

  • @[email protected]English
    8•10 months ago

    Why is it that that aid for different countries and different causes, with different political interests, are all bundled into the same bill? Why can’t aid for each destination have its own individual bill? I’ve never seen any media present this question nor make any attempt at explaining why.

    • @Eatspancakes84
      6•10 months ago

      To increase support obviously. The theory is that GOP representatives will vote for this bill saying they helped Israel, whereas Dems can say they are helping Ukraine (of course there are also local issues in e.g. districts with many Jewish voters). The 2-party system in combination with local representation means that bundling bills is the only way to ever pass anything.

  • NoIWontPickAName
    6•10 months ago

    Watch it with that lizard people thing around anything involving Jews.

    It is one of those old Jewish myths.

    If I could find where someone explained it, I would link it, but I really don’t care enough to look, might even be wrong, just thought I would give the heads up

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Democrats are using a rarely successful legislative maneuver called a discharge petition to try to bypass Republican leaders.

    Democrats, who hold 213 seats in the lower chamber, would need Republicans to sign the petition because they are likely to lose the support of progressives over the inclusion of Israel aid.

    "What we’re asking our colleagues — Democrats and Republicans — is to sign the discharge petition that will bring to the floor the Senate national security bipartisan supplemental.

    That is the fastest and easiest way to solve this issue," House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar of California said Tuesday during his weekly news conference.

    But the Democrats’ discharge petition faces a competing effort from Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican from Pennsylvania who co-chairs the moderate and bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

    Fitzpatrick has introduced a smaller bipartisan foreign aid bill that includes border security measures.

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