A Discharge Petition Is Used by the House to

question 76

Multiple Choice

 A discharge petition is used by the House to 

• A) make revisions and additions to a bill before it is voted on. 
• B) get a bill that is stalled in committee onto the floor. 
• C) amend a bill that has already passed one house but not the other. 
• D) override a presidential veto. 
• E) amend a bill in a manner that will make it quite unpopular.

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