House Democrats reveal secret plan to force vote on debt limit hike
by Mike Lillis - 05/02/23 1:33 PM ET
House Democrats on Tuesday revealed a secret plan to break through the partisan logjam that’s dogging talks over the debt ceiling and threatening a government default.
The strategy, kept under wraps since being formulated in January, is designed to force a vote on a debt limit hike even over the objections of Republican leaders, who control the floor and are demanding trillions of dollars in spending cuts as a condition of preventing a default.
On Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Treasury Department warned that such a lapse could occur as soon as June 1, Democratic leaders unveiled their closely held plan — a long-shot gambit, known as a discharge petition, that forces floor action on legislation that’s backed by a majority of House lawmakers.
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