GOP turns up the heat over bringing Gitmo prisoners to U.S. soil

The Hill: “Hoekstra formally introduced a discharge petition to force Democrats to hold a vote on GOP-sponsored legislation that effectlvely would bar the administration from transferring more than 200 prisoner detainees held at Gitmo to the United States. Bypassing Democratic leaders, however, would require all 177 House GOP lawmakers to sign onto the petition, as well as 41 Democrats, in order to reach the 218 signatures, a majority of the House.”