House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called on 23 House Democrats to sign a discharge petition so that a COVID-19 relief package can be voted on, after the lawmakers told Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that they would do so if she did not finalize a bipartisan relief package.
McCarthy was referring to a letter (pdf) that 23 House Democrats sent Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in September, in which they called on them to finalize a relief package or they would be forced to use a discharge petition in order to override their authority.
