Receiving gifts must be his love language.
On Jan. 30, to little fanfare, California Rep. Mark DeSaulnier introduced, called the Breaking the Gridlock Act, that would “advance commonsense policy priorities.” It was referred to 20 committees. What Democrats revealed this week, though, was that the bill was something of a legislative sleeper agent that could be awakened in the event of a debt-limit impasse.
If there’s no breakthrough on raising the debt limit—which could be reached by June 1, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced—DeSaulnier’s bill could be a vehicle for a “discharge petition.” That’s a maneuver that allows 218 signatories to circumvent the majority’s control of the floor and force a vote on a bill. The bill would be DeSaulnier’s, the text of which would be amended entirely with language raising the debt limit.
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