Discharge Petitions Are Surging. Republican Defectors Say It’s Not Mike Johnson's Fault.

Discharge Petitions Are Surging. Republican Defectors Say It’s Not Mike Johnson's Fault.

Francis Chung/POLITICO/APRepublican House members have attempted five times under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership to bypass one of his biggest powers: choosing which bills should go for a vote.Still, many of the Republicans who supported discharge petitions that force a vote say they’re not a rebuke of Johnson’s leadership.“The speaker has done a pretty strong job,” Rep. Chip Roy told NOTUS, adding that discharge petitions “just shape the dire…