House Democrats look to bypass Mike Johnson on outlawing Trump weaponization fund

House Democrats are launching a discharge petition to force a vote on permanently blocking the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund . Why it matters: The petition tests whether Republicans' complaints about the fund will turn into votes to kill it and whether Democrats can keep using discharge petitions to drag sensitive Trump fights onto the House floor over GOP leaders' objections. A staggering eight discharge petitions have garnered the necessary 218 signatures t

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