Buck Signs Dems’ Discharge Petition On Ukraine Aid

Axios reports:

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Thursday dealt one final blow to House Republican leadership one day before leaving Congress by signing Democrats’ foreign aid discharge petition. Buck is the first Republican to sign onto that discharge petition – or any Democratic discharge petition this Congress – amid GOP concerns about surrendering the House floor to Democrats.

Driving the news: The discharge petition, which would force a vote on the Senate’s $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, is now up to 188 signatures with Buck, according to the House clerk’s website. The measure needs 218 signatures to force a vote, however, and many progressives have said they won’t sign onto it.

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Rep. Ken Buck on Thursday dealt one final blow to House Republican leadership one day before leaving Congress by signing Democrats’ foreign aid discharge petition. https://t.co/NYJX9mQzA8

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