148 of the 214 House Democrats signed Appropriations Ranking Member DeLauro's discharge petition on its first day to force a floor vote on her bill to fund and reopen DHS partially shutdown for 33 days, except for ICE and CPB. Democrats spoke about their discharge petition effort on the U.S. Capitol steps earlier today. https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2026031817?Page=2 https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/house-democratic-leader-jeffries-holds-press-event-amid-partial-government-shutdown/675727 @cspan(Craig Caplan)