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Democrats Launch Discharge Petition, Aiming to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote

Bid to bypass GOP leadership in House seen as fallback plan if talks fail

By Lindsay Wise
 and Natalie Andrews
President Biden said that he wouldn’t accept welfare program work requirements that could affect people’s medical health needs as part of debt-ceiling negotiations with Republicans. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—House Democrats started 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.

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