What ever happened to the plan of getting enough Republicans

[doc03]

along with Democrats in the House to sign a petition to force a vote?

[gopiscrap]

1. The repukes were bullshitting

[PoliticAverse]

2. The discharge petition plan isn't so easy...

See: http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/10/house-democrats-discharge-petition-faces-uphill-climb/71429/?oref=dropdown

[oldhippie]

3. I was wondering that also ....

There was a thread yesterday that said Nancy Pelosi had the votes to do it. I guess she didn't.

[geek tragedy]

4. if your plan depends on moderate Republicans, get a new plan nt

[doc03]

5. Well over the weekend it was claimed it was a done deal

and it wouldn't be any problem getting the signatures. I heard another one on a local talk show this morning that Reid could use the Nuclear Option and it could be forced through without a vote in the House.

[geek tragedy]

14. such talk was naive nt

[cthulu2016]

6. self-styled moderate pigs want both

media credit for not being crazy and the security of doing whatever Boehner says.

They are assholes.

[hedgehog]

10. I think this is what is going on.

It's one thing to say you'd vote for a clean CR, but another to make yourself a target of the Tea Party by actually doing so.

Is this another possibility: If Boehner even permits a vote, might he be displaced as Speaker?

[TroglodyteScholar]

15. He already HAS been displaced as speaker.

[11 Bravo]

7. Moderate Republicans have gone the way of the Passenger Pigeon.

There ain't no such creature anymore.

[libdem4life]

8. At this point, seems to me that anything unique or in the least questionable, doesn't stand a

snowball's chance in hell.

[jeff47]

9. The moderate Republicans refused to sign. (nt)

[TheKentuckian]

13. Because they only exist in the Land of Make Believe.

They are thick in the good King Friday's court, even voted to fund the Trolley.

[City Lights]

11. The House if full of flip-floppers. nt

[treestar]

12. There's a 30 day requirement

They have to wait 30 days from the date they filed it, or something. It's part of the rules.