Democrats to Launch Effort to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote

“House Democrats plan to begin collecting signatures Wednesday for a discharge petition to raise the debt ceiling, a long-shot parliamentary maneuver designed to circumvent House Republican leadership and force a vote,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), the top-ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, said he plans to initiate the petition in the well of the House when the chamber gavels into session at 10 a.m. and be the first to sign.”