Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube has achieved a rare feat in modern congressional terms: forcing floor consideration of legislation — on this occasion, a bill he crafted that would

provide tax relief for losses due to federally declared disasters. He invoked a rarely successful procedural tool, the so-called discharge petition, to compel a floor vote on his legislation

— “Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act,” H.R. 5863 — aimed at helping victims of hurricanes, wildfires and the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The Florida Republican hit 218 signatories

— a majority of the House — of supporters Wednesday, according to the chamber clerk. Advertisement Discharge petitions rarely succeed. The most recent one to hit the necessary number of