"discharge" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In that way, members could claim credit for supporting a popular measure even if they had not signed the "discharge petition."
- An emotional battle rages in the House over an obscure device known as the discharge petition.
- The discharge petition allows a member to move a bill directly to the floor by getting a majority of members to sign a petition.
- A discharge petition was able to force the bill to be considered, and the House passed the bill 254-84.
- The removal of secrecy also encourages discharge petitions that exist merely to take a public stand on an issue.
- Starting in 1997, several attempts were made to bring it to the floor via the discharge petition.
- The bill, which made the rule change requiring public disclosure of signers, was itself filed with a discharge petition.
- However, the discharge petition succeeded and the Senate version was passed after minor amendments were added.
- Analogs to the discharge petition in parliamentary systems are rare.
- These same Democrats should now be willing to sign the discharge petition.
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