A group of renegade House Republicans and Democrats deployed the same procedural trick used to force a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files to wrangle a vote on a measure to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) filed her discharge petition to force the vote on her legislation, a proposal that has been supported by an unexpected coterie of members ranging from progressives like liberal darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to archconservatives like Rep. Burchett (R-Tenn.).
Under the rules of the House of Representatives, a member can file a discharge petition on legislation to force a vote on their legislation as a way to get around Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and hold a vote. Once the petition receives enough signatures, they are locked in.
Afterward, seven legislative days must pass. Then Johnson must designate a time and place for the vote.
Do Citizens United next.
Lol Mike Johnson done fucked up. Discharge petitions essentially mean your own caucus hates you and can’t work with you, so they use the opposition to get around you. There have been like an average of about 1 of these per congress over the last 100 years, now we have two huge ones in just a couple months.
Speaking of:
The DOJ has until Dec. 19, 30 days after Trump signed the bill, to release the files.
But that is the latest; it is possible for them to be released sooner.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trump-epstein-files-countdown/87506171007/
DOJ: “yeah, we’re going past December 19th. Whatcha gonna do about it?”
Hell has not frozen over.
I’ll accept hell has frozen over when the House, Senate, and Executive sign legislation, WITH TEETH, regarding stock trading.
What will actually happen in this timeline:
bill undergoes revisions, Pelosi is the author… Trump signs it, DNC and MAGA congratulate eachother for bipartisanship… bill has a rider for politicians to expense trade fees… your taxes go up to cover it.
This new Radical Left legislation VERY UNFAIR to our Hardworking Members of Congress! They spend day and night advancing our America First agenda and working for the American People! I urge Leader Thune and all other Patriots in the Senate to immediately VOTE DOWN this extreme Proposal! Otherwise, I will be forced to VETO THIS HORRIBLE BILL as President of the United States!
You forgot the “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
He only uses that when he’s making proclamations. Otherwise, he usually signs his messages “President DJT”.
My God, for once can we not think of the poor fucking congresspeople? They’re the REAL oppressed group in this country
Love the awkwardness expressed in the image, good representation of the common disconnect between parties, even in rare instances of cooperation
Those two are in the same party though
Complete with the performative Carhartt over a suit…
