Sentences with phrase «discharge petition»

about NSBA letter urges House of Representatives to sign discharge petition and reach a solution to DACA

Pelosi made the remarks in San Jose, Calif., during Netroots Nation, an annual conference for progressive bloggers and activists, when questioned about an ENDA discharge petition by panel moderator and political analyst Zerlina Maxwell.

Some leadership allies predicted more Republicans would now likely join the 20 GOP colleagues who have rebelled against leadership by signing the so - called discharge petition to force immigration votes.

In the House, Rep. Mike Thompson (D - CA) has a filed a discharge petition for his bipartisan proposal with Rep. Peter King (R - NY)-- a congressional maneuver that could force the speaker of the House to bring up a vote on a bill that gives states resources to expand background checks system and closes a number of gun sale loopholes for guns sold online or at gun shows.

In the House, Rep. Mike Thompson (D - CA) has a filed a discharge petition for his bipartisan proposal with Rep. Peter King (R - NY)-- a congressional maneuver that could force the speaker of the House to bring up a vote on a bill that gives states resources to expand background checks system and closes a number of loopholes for guns sold online or at gun shows.

Even if Democrats are united on the discharge petition, they still need roughly two dozen Republicans to back it before reaching the 218 threshold to force a vote.

Frank said a number of House members in principle never sign a discharge petition and predicted ENDA would lose about 15 or 20 supporters if an attempt were made to pass the legislation through that route.

Almeida said he'll continue to pursue a discharge petition because attention will be on the lower chamber of Congress to pass ENDA if the Senate approves the legislation.

entertained on Saturday the idea of a discharge petition for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — but was skeptical the bill has the votes for passage in the U.S. House.

An unspecified number of House Freedom Caucus members are looking to leverage their potential support for the farm bill to secure a House vote on a conservative immigration bill, a maneuver they say would kill a discharge petition moderate Republicans have started.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D - Calif., chairman of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, filed a «discharge petition» that would automatically force a vote to keep people on the no - fly list from buying guns.

The Massachusetts Democrat and New York Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer are planning to officially file Markey's discharge petition on Wednesday aimed at reinstating the rules.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) has broken with her party on immigration by joining 18 fellow Republican lawmakers in signing a discharge petition.

I think you're confusing a discharge petition with a motion to remove the Speaker of the House.

@KeshavSrinivasan, How exactly would a discharge petition help?

Those discussions continued around 6:30 p.m. Thursday as Freedom Caucus members met with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and a handful of moderate Republicans pushing a discharge petition with the goal of getting immigration legislation to the floor.

Mr. Ryan and other leaders warned conservatives that using the farm bill as the vehicle to stage their revolt would only embolden centrist Republicans and hand them the votes they needed to turn the discharge petition into an effective weapon.

Higgins said he supports the discharge petition not only because a DACA fix helps young immigrants who deserve a chance to make it in America, but also because «it brings us back to the democratic way of doing things.»

NSBA delivers its letter to the full U.S. House of Representatives urging them to sign the discharge petition H.Res.774 regarding swift consideration to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program.

The debtor's «Standard» federal loan monthly payment amount (aggregated over the year) must have been above pre-set maximum debt service thresholds for five consecutive years leading up to the discharge petition.