So we went through what's called a discharge petition to force a vote on the floor where it actually goes around leadership. And Only five [discharge petitions] in 25 years have ever passed. and we were able to get enough signatures to force a vote. Ultimately, Speaker Johnson tried to kill our ability to vote on it before it came up for that forced vote. (02:16–02:19)
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