On Tuesday, House Democrats began a process that could allow them to bypass the chamber’s Republican leaders in passing legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling — if they can get a handful of GOP members to join the effort.
Jeffries said Democrats had crafted a “special rule” that could allow a bipartisan measure to be considered on the House floor through use of a so-called “discharge petition” — a procedure that is cumbersome, time-consuming and rarely successful.
While several Democrats familiar with the negotiations expect a majority in the conference to sign onto the discharge petition in two weeks, not all 212 Democrats are on board, according to three senior Democratic aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private whip counts. It complicates the math on how many Republicans the minority party would need to win over, especially when there is no bill to discharge.
“Congress must urgently pass legislation to raise the borrowing limit and avoid plunging our nation into a recession, driving up unemployment and crashing the stock market,” Jeffries wrote in his letter Tuesday. “A dangerous default is not an option. Making sure that America pays its bills — and not the extreme ransom note demanded by Republicans — is the only responsible course of action.”
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