The full sentence is as follows:
To force a bill out of committee, A DISCHARGE petition must be signed by a majority of the representatives.
A discharge petition refers to a petition that is used in the house of representative to force a bill out of the committee unto the floor of the house for a vote. For the petition to be successful, 218 members of the house have to vote in its favor.
A. Florence, Italy was a city state in the 14th century.
His belief that the government could only do so many things to help, in the sense that they were limited, led him to do very little during the depression.
Hitler came to power in 1933