Discharge petitions
CLEP American Government, Chapter 9
Discharge petitions
A House discharge petition can remove a bill from a committee and bring it toward floor consideration when a majority of House members sign. It is difficult partly because members must publicly bypass committee and leadership control.
The petition responds to House committee inaction by testing whether a chamber majority will publicly circumvent the committee and often the leadership. Requiring 218 signatures makes the mechanism possible but politically demanding.
Discharge removes a gatekeeping obstacle; it does not enact the proposal. The House must still follow the applicable floor steps, vote on the measure, obtain Senate agreement on identical text, and present the bill to the president.
The device belongs to the House. Senate holds and filibusters address different scheduling and debate problems, while a motion to recommit occurs during House floor consideration. Locate the blocked bill before choosing the procedural remedy.
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