An Off-Ramp from a Debt Limit Crisis?

“As the two parties settle into a standoff over the looming need to raise the debt limit, some Democrats have been talking about a potential escape hatch: A discharge petition,” the Washington Post reports.

“Filing a discharge petition would allow Democrats to force a vote in the House on raising the debt limit with the support of as few as five Republicans, allowing them to do an end run around Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and the Republican majority.”

Semafor: Don’t count on this buzzy procedural trick to raise the debt ceiling.