"If accurate, the timing is interesting: That will be at about the same time the Senate is setting up some sort of vote on extending Obamacare premium subsidies, as promised by John Thune as part of the deal to reopen the federal government. High drama in both congressional chambers at roughly the same time will be a moment of political peril for Republicans. They will likely display some of their most unp"
"The completion of the discharge petition, a rarely used mechanism to sidestep the majority party leadership, will trigger a countdown for the bill to hit the House floor. It will still take seven legislative days for the petition to ripen, after which Johnson will have two legislative days to schedule a vote. Senior Republican and Democratic aides estimate a floor vote will come the first week of December, after the Thanksgiving recess."
Speaker Mike Johnson withheld the swearing-in of incoming Arizona Democratic congresswoman Adelita Grijalva for over a month even though the House was not technically in recess. Grijalva won the seat in a September 23 special election following her father’s death. The delay was attributed to Grijalva’s pledge to become the 218th signatory on a discharge petition to force a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The bill would compel the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein and associates. Completing the petition triggers a countdown that leads to a likely floor vote in early December, coinciding with Senate action on Obamacare premium subsidies and increasing pressure on Republicans.
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