Eleven members of the House Freedom Caucus Tuesday voted against a rule that would allow the House to oppose a potential gas stove ban in return for a debt ceiling hike agreed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. temporarily invalidated the bill.
The House of Representatives gas stove protection and liberty law and Observe the gas stove lawThis would ban moves by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Department of Energy to ban gas stoves. Members of the Freedom Caucus effectively blocked the bill. opposed It was a procedural vote that allowed the House to move to a full vote on the bill.
Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett is a Republican. voted Contrary to the rule, the action was in retaliation for threats made by House leadership against Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, he told reporters. Mr. Clyde waters down a bill to repeal the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Administration’s restrictions on pistol gear in response to Republican leadership voting against the rules that brought the debt ceiling bill to the House. claimed to have promised (Related: Rep. Andrew Clyde says he was blackmailed by GOP leadership for opposing debt ceiling hike)
“It was about dealing with intimidated members, an issue I had been called on multiple times last week to be told that unless I voted in a certain way, the bill would not pass. To get to the floor,” Burchett said. Politico.
Rep. Burchett: “This is an issue dealing with a member of Congress who is being threatened, and one that I have been called on numerous times over the last week, saying that if he doesn’t vote in a certain way, his bill will be void. I’m not going to go to bed. “
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CPSC Commissioner Richard Tramka Jr. told Bloomberg in January that a nationwide ban on gas stoves was “under consideration” if companies were unable to reduce emissions from stoves. The New York legislature banned natural gas stoves in new buildings in May, and several California cities are also banning them.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus have considered removing Mr McCarthy through a motion to surrender his presidency, but have backed away from the threat. Critics of the chairman say his debt ceiling talks with President Joe Biden violate the January 15-vote election deal that handed McCarthy the gavel. .
“We have been deceived and cannot trust people. They will have to make credible agreements again so we can unite and move things forward,” Republican Colorado State Rep. Ken Buck said. Said reporters.
“If you can’t pass the rules, how can you govern?”He later tweeted.
