{"id":2610453,"date":"2026-06-04T05:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-exercise-a-house-floor-power-grab-amid-small-margins\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:31:37","slug":"democrats-exercise-a-house-floor-power-grab-amid-small-margins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-exercise-a-house-floor-power-grab-amid-small-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats exercise a House floor power grab amid small margins"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdemocrats-exercise-a-house-floor-power-grab-amid-small-margins%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=2610453&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--><p>Democrats, with Hakeem Jeffries saying they\u2019re doing \u201cagain this week,\u201d plan to assert influence over the House floor by forcing multiple votes despite Republicans\u2019 narrow, fragile majority. Democrats previously secured votes to rein in President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-senators-seek-to-strip-biden-of-certain-war-powers\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Group Of Senators Seek To Strip Biden Of Certain ... Powers\">war powers<\/a> in Iran, helped by a small number of Republican support, after GOP leadership canceled or failed to advance other war-powers efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Democrats and some centrist Republicans aim to use a discharge petition to bypass committees and force the House to vote on (1) $1.3 billion in aid to ukraine and new sanctions on Russia, and (2) another war-powers resolution intended to limit any potential U.S. involvement in Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon. The article notes Speaker Mike Johnson has struggled to manage razor-thin margins and has sometimes depended on absences, vacancies, and outside influence.<\/p>\n<p>It also points out that Democrats have completed discharge petitions before this congress, citing several major bills that advanced through that process-though not all became law, with only one highlighted measure signed so far.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"249\">Democrats<\/a> are poised to exert control over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a> floor this week by forcing three votes as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"240\">Republicans<\/a> cling to their fragile majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Democrats look to take the House in November, Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) has boasted about forcing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1577\">GOP<\/a> leadership\u2019s hand through a handful of votes and canceled session days. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593382\/congressional-black-caucus-block-college-sports-reform-redistricting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Congressional Black Caucus vows to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbc-vows-to-block-college-sports-reform-over-southern-states-redistricting\/\" title=\"CBC vows to block college sports reform over Southern states&#039; redistricting\">block college sports reform<\/a> over Southern states\u2019 redistricting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593266\/rubio-exasperated-democrat-heated-house-hearing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rubio grows exasperated with Democrats at heated House hearing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593168\/speaker-johnson-tom-kean-jr-health-issue-very-common-illness\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Johnson won\u2019t disclose the \u2018very common\u2019 health issue that has sidelined Tom Kean Jr.<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats have repeatedly governed in the minority as if we were in the majority, and we\u2019re going to do so again this week as it relates to what I believe will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/43-republican-democrat-house-members-demand-biden-seek-approval-before-sending-u-s-troops-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"43 Republican, Democrat ... Members Demand Biden Seek Approval Before Sending U.S. Troops To Ukraine\">war powers resolution<\/a> tomorrow<\/a>, and then a successful vote to stand up for the free world, for democracy, for truth, and the Ukrainian people on Thursday,\u201d Jeffries told reporters Tuesday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey made life worse for the American people, and so that\u2019s one of the reasons why I\u2019m convinced that Republicans continue to cancel votes and do everything they can every week to get out of town before Sunday,\u201d Jeffries continued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House on Wednesday passed the resolution, forced to the floor by Democrats, to rein in President Donald Trump\u2019s war powers in Iran, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4576195\/house-clears-resolution-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers\/\">four Republicans joined all Democrats<\/a> to get the measure across the finish line. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats have also forced a handful of votes earlier this year on war powers that all failed, and GOP leadership pulled another before it could pass ahead of the Memorial Day recess. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But House Democrats are not stopping there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats and centrist Republicans are planning to force a tough vote via discharge petition on sending $1.3 billion in aid to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> and instituting new sanctions on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>. The parliamentary procedure bypasses the committee process and forces legislation directly to the floor for a vote after receiving support from 218 lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later this week, Democrats are also expected to force a vote on another war powers resolution in an effort to halt any possible U.S. involvement with Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has had difficulty managing one of the slimmest margins in congressional history and often relied on absences, vacancies, and, at times, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> influence over the conference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meets-with-voting-experts-white-house-plan-on-voter-rights-still-not-clear\/\" title=\"Biden Meets With Voting \u2018Experts,... White ... Plan On \u2018...r Rights... Still Not Clear\">pass critical legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted the speaker\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first time Democrats have reached the necessary 218 signatures on a discharge petition this Congress. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4591179\/iowa-congressional-1st-district-primary-miller-meeks\/\">MILLER-MEEKS ADVANCES IN RACE FOR ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE HOUSE SEATS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the most high-profile legislation this Congress passed have been through a discharge petition, including bills to overturn Trump\u2018s effort <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4532127\/eleven-house-republicans-vote-rebuke-trump-protect-haitian-migrants\/\">to end temporary protection status<\/a> for Haitian migrants, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3890515\/house-republican-votes-release-epstein-files\/\">force a release of the files related<\/a> to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4412144\/house-republicans-vote-enhanced-obamacare-subsidies\/\">extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these measures passed the lower chamber, only the Epstein Files Transparency Act has been signed into law. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats aim to control House floor with three forced votes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2610454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-rrhxmttbb-1780506452104-e1780530473319.jpg?1780492118&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,80808,3653,45560,34294],"class_list":["post-2610453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-floor-debate","tag-house","tag-legislative-strategy","tag-power-struggle"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-rrhxmttbb-1780506452104-e1780530473319.jpg?1780492118&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610453","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610457,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610453\/revisions\/2610457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}