Talk:Discharge petition

Expansion
Two notable spots for expansion in this article:
 * What was the discharge petition like from 1910-1931? Everything I've read simply says that it's "not comparable" to the modern one because it was too different.
 * How do discharge resolutions in the Senate work? I found those examples of senators signing 'em, but I can't find anything in the rules on them, or any commentary, or anything.  Besides, with filibusters, they're pretty irrelevant anyway - if the leadership is that hardcore, the bill is going down anyway.  Still, the formal rules would be nice, even if they don't actually matter.

Also, the last comment on analogues in parliamentary systems... I'm kinda out of my depth on that count, so if anyone who knows more on that wants to expand on that or offer a better link, feel free. SnowFire 02:45, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

The last part
the last part seems to imply that in parlenent ministers in the same party are all required to vote the same way that looks like nonsense i know that isn't the topic of the article but all info within it still needs to be accurate 216.25.247.244 (talk) 17:18, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Globalize
Only American examples of discharge petitions are given in this article. The only global comparison made is to point out that there's no close analog in parliamentary systems. I'm not sure that discharge petitions can only be found in legislative assemblies in the United States. Perhaps that really is the case, but I'm guessing it's more likely the article is too US-centric. — Athelwulf [T]/[C] 01:06, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I disagree. This really is a US politics based topic and thus doesn't need a globalize tag; there's already an article on conscience vote in parliamentary systems, which is already mentioned as a rough analogue but a separate topic with its own article.  The article is already quite explicit that the main concern is the US House of Representatives, so there's no need to repeat this repeatedly, but it also comes up in US State legislatures.  Do you have any sources that indicate that there's a non-US politics topic that is best covered in the same article as the US one?  I certainly don't think conscience vote / free vote should be merged with this article, for example, they're different enough to stand on their own.  And if hypothetically some other nation does have a similar procedure, it very likely merits its own article and has little direct relationship with this article.


 * Also, I left your edit as-is, but the 2-letter state abbreviations are almost always used for such Senator reminders (R-OK) and the like, we may have made up a new terminology with (R-Oklahoma). SnowFire (talk) 01:38, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I do not have specific examples of this kind of procedure outside of the US. I only raised this question because the procedure seems so straightforward that it ought to be common (even if just in countries that don't use the parliamentary system), and yet no such examples are identified. It didn't seem right to me. But if it is indeed a US-only phenomenon, then I'm satisfied. — Athelwulf [T]/[C] 02:08, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * As well, I think you're correct about the "OK" versus "Oklahoma" thing. I've seen both "OK" and "Okla." in this context, but "Oklahoma" only occasionally. I made this change simply to make these details clearer to a global audience. — Athelwulf [T]/[C] 02:13, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I figured the intent, yeah. I just half-wonder if we should either omit it or turn it into prose since it is a deviation from the standard way it's presented. SnowFire (talk) 04:36, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

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