Absolutely. Now, they would not help to get the bill to the floor by signing onto the discharge position. And yes, that will be the 218 signature. And so What is required in the US House is that you have 218 members that sign on [to a discharge petition]. And usually it does have to be a bipartisan pairing, because typically, if you are the majority party, then the majority party has the speaker. (09:26–09:33)
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