Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill

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18. The very mention of "a dozen Republicans" possibly suggests

that with our current 213 Democrats (we unfortunately have 2 vacancies that will be filled who knows when), all we need is 5 GOP Reps. and ALL Democrats to force the measure to the floor with a discharge petition that would require 218 signatures, going around Johnson. At that point, it can be scheduled for a vote.

That was about to happen with the Proxy voting option, where it was to go to the floor with a discharge petition. But then Johnson had to try to torpedo it with a poison pill added to a Rules package that covered that discharged bill, but much to his chagrin, the poison also included application to all the other stuff they wanted, so he had to "compromise" with the Proxy thing.