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?
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.