10 Republicans help Democrats pass resolution extending TPS protections for Haitian migrants

The House on Thursday passed a resolution requiring the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants after a small group of Republicans helped Democrats force it to the floor using a rarely successful maneuver.

The lower chamber passed the resolution by a vote of 224-204, with ten Republicans crossing the aisle: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Don Bacon (Neb.) Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Carlos Gimenez (Fla.), Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), Rich McCormick (Ga.), Mike Turner (Ohio), Mike Carey (Ohio) and Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.). Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.), an independent who caucuses with Republicans, also voted “yes.”

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) led the discharge petition to force a vote on the resolution, which garnered the necessary 218 signatures at the end of March. Fitzpatrick, Bacon, Lawler and Salazar had signed onto the petition, sidestepping Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

A discharge petition allows the minority party to force a measure to the floor if it can garner 218 signatures. They rarely reach that threshold because it requires some members of the majority party to buck their leadership and sign on, but an unusual number of discharge petitions have been........

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