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RockRaven

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2. Except the numbers for the discharge petition and vote don't work like that.

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 03:21 PM

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A discharge petition needs 218 (a majority of total seats, not a majority of filled seats). Reportedly Massie had gotten signatures from MTG, Bobo, and Mace. Plus himself makes four, plus all seated Dems makes 217. Unless that has changed, Grijalva makes the 218th, and filling an empty R seat doesn't change that.

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