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More Republicans using 'rare' tool to 'undercut Johnson's leadership': NYT

Rank-and-file Republicans increasingly use discharge petitions to bypass Speaker Johnson and force votes on key bills, including ACA tax credits and stock-trading bans, amid leadership disputes.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is being increasingly undermined by his own party as more lawmakers use a unique tool to circumvent him, according to the New York Times.The Times' Michael Gold reported Thursday that both Democrats and Republicans are resorting to discharge petitions as a means of passing legislation that Johnson wouldn't normally even consider bringing up for a vote. In one recent example, 20 Republicans joined all 211 Democr…
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