House Democrats try to force floor vote on foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

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House Democrats try to force floor vote on foreign aid for Ukraine, *******, Taiwan

Washington — House Democrats are trying to force a floor vote on a bipartisan Senate bill that would provide aid to Ukraine, ******* and Taiwan, since House *********** leaders have been resisting pressure to take up the legislation. 

Democrats are using a rarely successful legislative maneuver called a discharge petition to try to bypass *********** leaders. They’ll need 218 signatures to force a vote on the Senate bill.

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went live Tuesday morning, and had about

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within an hour of the announcement. 

Democrats, who hold 213 seats in the lower chamber, would need Republicans to sign the petition because they are likely to lose the support of progressives over the inclusion of ******* aid. Progressives have been highly critical of ******* over the war in Gaza. 

“What we’re asking our colleagues — Democrats and Republicans — is to sign the discharge petition that will bring to the floor the Senate national security bipartisan supplemental. That is the fastest and easiest way to solve this issue,” House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar of California said Tuesday during his weekly news conference. 

But the Democrats’ discharge petition faces a competing effort from Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a *********** from Pennsylvania who co-chairs the moderate and bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. 

Fitzpatrick has introduced a smaller foreign aid bill that includes border security measures, but his discharge petition is not yet open for signatures. He said last week that he’s not trying to work around GOP leadership, but that his use of a discharge petition is about “putting a clock on a time-sensitive matter.” 

“I don’t think there’s a lot of *********** support for the Fitzpatrick discharge,” Aguilar said. 

Aguilar pointed out that Fitzpatrick’s version, which would need Democratic support, lacks humanitarian aid and would then have to go to the Senate for approval, “and that could take weeks or months to deliver the critical aid that’s necessary.” 

Ellis Kim contributed reporting. 

Caitlin Yilek

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at cbsnews.com and is based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

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