The House will be forced to vote on a bill that would give federal tax relief to victims of natural disasters due to a mechanism that has rarely succeeded.
A discharge petition to force a vote on the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023, which would also give federal tax relief to those impacted by the February 2023 toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
A discharge petition must have 218 signatures to force a vote on the House floor. The date of the vote on the bill is to be determined.
The petition, put forth on April 30 by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who is also a sponsor of the bill, has 218 signatures, with all but 26 coming from Democrats….
