As retaliation for Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy's agreement to raise the debt ceiling, eleven members of the House Freedom Caucus voted against a rule that would have permitted the House of Representatives to fight prospective restrictions on gas stoves. This temporarily killed the proposal.
The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which would prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Department of Energy from attempting to outlaw gas stoves, were about to come up for a vote in the House. When they rejected a procedural motion that would have enabled the lower house to proceed to a full vote on the legislation, members of the Freedom Caucus effectively halted the proposals.
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, one of the Republicans who voted against the rule, told reporters that the action was payback for threats made by House leadership against Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia. In retaliation to his vote against a rule that brought the debt ceiling bill to the House floor, Clyde claims the GOP leadership threatened to kill his bill eliminating the rules on pistol braces set out by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
According to Politico, Burchett stated, "It was a problem dealing with a member who was being intimidated, and it was an issue I've had multiple phone calls on. He was warned his measure wouldn't get to the floor if he didn't vote a particular way last week."
According to Richard Trumka Jr., commissioner of the CPSC, a statewide ban on gas stoves is "on the table" if manufacturers are unable to lower the emissions from the stoves. In May, the New York assembly passed a law banning natural gas stoves in newly constructed structures. Several Californian communities have also tried to do the same.
House Freedom Caucus members have debated ousting McCarthy through a resolution to leave the chair, but they are backpedalling on the threat. The speaker's detractors claim that the discussions he had with President Joe Biden about raising the nation's debt ceiling in January went beyond the terms of the 15-ballot election that won McCarthy the speakership.
"People are no longer trustworthy in our eyes because they have lied to us. They'll need to strike a reliable agreement once more before we can get together and advance the situation, Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck told reporters.
He subsequently tweeted, "How can you govern if you can't pass a regulation.
The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which would prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Department of Energy from attempting to outlaw gas stoves, were about to come up for a vote in the House. When they rejected a procedural motion that would have enabled the lower house to proceed to a full vote on the legislation, members of the Freedom Caucus effectively halted the proposals.
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, one of the Republicans who voted against the rule, told reporters that the action was payback for threats made by House leadership against Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia. In retaliation to his vote against a rule that brought the debt ceiling bill to the House floor, Clyde claims the GOP leadership threatened to kill his bill eliminating the rules on pistol braces set out by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
According to Politico, Burchett stated, "It was a problem dealing with a member who was being intimidated, and it was an issue I've had multiple phone calls on. He was warned his measure wouldn't get to the floor if he didn't vote a particular way last week."
According to Richard Trumka Jr., commissioner of the CPSC, a statewide ban on gas stoves is "on the table" if manufacturers are unable to lower the emissions from the stoves. In May, the New York assembly passed a law banning natural gas stoves in newly constructed structures. Several Californian communities have also tried to do the same.
House Freedom Caucus members have debated ousting McCarthy through a resolution to leave the chair, but they are backpedalling on the threat. The speaker's detractors claim that the discussions he had with President Joe Biden about raising the nation's debt ceiling in January went beyond the terms of the 15-ballot election that won McCarthy the speakership.
"People are no longer trustworthy in our eyes because they have lied to us. They'll need to strike a reliable agreement once more before we can get together and advance the situation, Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck told reporters.
He subsequently tweeted, "How can you govern if you can't pass a regulation.
