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Speaker Johnson rejects Israel, Ukraine aid package ahead of Senate vote | The La. Republican said the bill needs border security measures -- after he and other Republicans rejected them (wapo.st)

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[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

The House doesn't have filibuster rules like the Senate; nothing in the House requires two-thirds.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Discharge petitions do.

In the U.S. House, successful discharge petitions are rare, as the signatures of an absolute majority of House members are required.[2]

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An early form of the discharge petition was introduced into U.S. House rules in 1910 as part of a series of measures intended to check the power of the disliked Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon (R–Illinois). The modern version, however, was adopted in 1931 by the 71st House. In 1935, the rules were changed so the number of signatures required to force a vote went from one-third of the chamber (145 votes) to an absolute majority (218 votes).[3][4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_petition

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

To quote your quotes:

as the signatures of an absolute majority of House members are required

to an absolute majority (218 votes)

An absolute majority is one half, not two-thirds.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Must have gotten wrong information then, my apologies.

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