{"id":1937200,"date":"2023-05-24T17:51:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T21:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-213-democrats-sign-discharge-petition-in-bid-to-bypass-gop-on-debt-limit\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T17:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T21:53:50","slug":"all-213-democrats-sign-discharge-petition-in-bid-to-bypass-gop-on-debt-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-213-democrats-sign-discharge-petition-in-bid-to-bypass-gop-on-debt-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"213 Democrats sign petition to bypass GOP on debt limit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-213-democrats-sign-discharge-petition-in-bid-to-bypass-gop-on-debt-limit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Democrats Push for Debt Limit Increase<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every member of the House Democratic caucus has signed on to a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/democrats-next-step-discharge-petition-bypass-gop-debt-limit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discharge petition<\/a> in an effort to force a vote on a debt limit increase without spending cuts or House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) backing, party leaders announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The signatures of the last final holdouts, Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Ed Case (D-HI), puts the total number at 213, meaning Democratic leaders still need to find five Republicans if the petition is to be successful.<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism-event\/america-isnt-ready-for-the-era-of-ai-national-security-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMERICA ISN\u2019T READY FOR THE ERA OF AI NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want to let you all know that we have the full Democratic caucus on the discharge petition, which is another sign of unity that we have,\u201d said Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the Democratic whip, during a press conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) attempted to appeal to moderate Republicans in swing districts, specifically signaling out Republicans and California and New York as potentials to sign on to the effort. \u201cIt\u2019s now time for House Republicans to break with the extreme wave of their party and join House Democrats to put an end to the default crisis. We only need five House Republicans to do so,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), are attempting to build a pressure campaign, calling constituents in the 18 seats represented by House Republicans that Biden won in 2020, urging them to join the discharge petition. However, there\u2019s no appetite for this among Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have rejected the idea of a debt ceiling increase without spending preconditions. They passed legislation that pairs nearly $4.8 trillion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opec-to-meet-to-discuss-oil-production-quotas-for-september\/\" title=\"OPEC+ to Meet to Discuss Oil Production Quotas for September\">deficit reduction measures<\/a> with a debt limit increase into the next year. The bill would freeze spending at last year\u2019s levels for a decade and would also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-scalise-looks-to-rally-support-behind-sweeping-energy-cost-reduction-bill\/\" title=\"Steve Scalise looks to rally support behind sweeping energy cost reduction bill\">roll back parts<\/a> of President Joe Biden\u2019s expansive health, climate, and tax law, expand mining and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-infrastructure-backers-stand-to-profit-from-govt-spending-boost\/\" title=\"\u2018Green Infrastructure\u2019 Backers Stand to Profit From Gov\u2019t Spending Boost\">fossil fuel production<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/risk-of-debt-default-is-non-trivial-warns-jpmorgan\/\" title=\"Risk of Debt Default Is \u2018Non-Trivial,\u2019 Warns JPMorgan\">impose work requirements<\/a> on social programs.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Even if Democrats were to succeed in locking down Republican defections, the earliest a discharge petition could receive a vote is June 8 due to a waiting period after it receives the required number of signatures.<\/p>\n<p>A successful petition would still likely be held up by the Senate. Despite the upper chamber being controlled by Democrats, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appears to be keeping his party in line. Senate Republicans are backing McCarthy and aren&#8217;t likely to defect and give Democrats a chance to hike the debt ceiling without spending cuts attached.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Happening?<\/h3>\n<p>House Democrats are pushing for a debt limit increase without spending cuts or House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s backing. Every member of the House Democratic caucus has signed on to a discharge petition in an effort to force a vote on the issue. However, Democratic leaders still need to find five Republicans if the petition is to be successful. Even if they succeed, the earliest a discharge petition could receive a vote is June 8 due to a waiting period after it receives the required number of signatures. A successful petition would still likely be held up by the Senate, where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be keeping his party in line.<\/p>\n<h3>What Are the Republicans Saying?<\/h3>\n<p>Republicans have rejected the idea of a debt ceiling increase without spending preconditions. They passed legislation that pairs nearly $4.8 trillion in deficit reduction measures with a debt limit increase into the next year. The bill would freeze spending at last year\u2019s levels for a decade and would also roll back parts of President Joe Biden\u2019s expansive health, climate, and tax law, expand mining and fossil fuel production, and impose work requirements on social programs. Despite appeals from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to moderate Republicans in swing districts, there\u2019s no appetite for this among Republicans.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>Even if Democrats were to succeed in locking down Republican defections, a successful petition would still likely be held up by the Senate. Senate Republicans are backing McCarthy and aren&#8217;t likely to defect and give Democrats a chance to hike the debt ceiling without spending cuts attached.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>House Democrats are pushing for a debt limit increase without spending cuts or House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s backing.<\/li>\n<li>Every member of the House Democratic caucus has signed on to a discharge petition in an effort to force a vote on the issue.<\/li>\n<li>However, Democratic leaders still need to find five Republicans if the petition is to be successful.<\/li>\n<li>Even if they succeed, the earliest a discharge petition could receive a vote is June 8 due to a waiting period after it receives the required number of signatures.<\/li>\n<li>A successful petition would still likely be held up by the Senate, where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be keeping his party in line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All House Democratic caucus members have signed a discharge petition to push for a vote on a debt limit increase without spending cuts or support from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The final holdouts, Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Ed Case (D-HI), have also signed the petition. Party leaders made the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1937201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27527,26366,5487,3685,6203,6612,5434,4723],"class_list":["post-1937200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-27527","tag-bypass","tag-debt","tag-democrats","tag-gop","tag-limit","tag-petition","tag-sign"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}