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Ayanna Pressley: “In 40 years, there have only been 15 discharge petitions to…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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CityLine: A Conversation with Congresswoman Pressley

Published | Video Starts at 08:13

We did it when it came to the Epstein files, to the Affordable Care act, and In 40 years, there have only been 15 discharge petitions to reach that 218 threshold. And mine is one of those 15. So I'm very proud of the work, the strategy, the whip effort by my office and the coalition that we built nationally, resulting in that majority of those 218 signatures to force a vote. (08:13–08:19)

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Asserts the rarity of discharge petitions reaching the 218 signature threshold in the past 40 years.

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