Republican House rules vote on gas stoves blazing

House Republican leaders hope to pass a vote-limiting rule on Monday on a bill to restrict the government’s ability to do so Regulation of gas stoves They saw their efforts heat up after members of the House Freedom Caucus, who are among the most conservative lawmakers in Congress, joined Democrats in opposing the rule.

The final vote on the rule was 206-220. Dozens of Republicans opposed the rule—11 of the members who voted no were members or allies of the House Freedom Caucus. The 12th vote against the rule was taken by House Majority Leader Steve Scales, who voted No in order to retain the ability to put it up for another vote at a later time. All House Democrats voted against it.

Several conservatives said they voted against the rule because of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s handling of the debt ceiling and his breach of promises he made to them for speakership.

Reps. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, and Ken Buck, R-Colourado, are both unhappy that McCarthy broke with what they said was his promise to keep discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which the bill to raise the debt ceiling does not. Do. Instead, it maintains non-defense spending at 2023 levels for 2024, allowing for increased funding for veterans and defense.

And it was a bad deal that was cut when it shouldn’t have been cut. It’s all about restoring a process that would fundamentally change things back to what was working.”

Bishop told reporters that House members had not decided whether this was a one-time protest vote, or whether they would continue to oppose the Republican leadership in voting on the rules.

“There is no decision on the request to vacate the seat. There is no decision on the voting rules,” he said. “But the problem that has been fully accelerated by the speaker’s approach to the debt ceiling package has to be dealt with.”

“We’re not going to live in the era of imperial speaker anymore,” Republican Representative Matt Gates told CBS News.

Scalise could be seen speaking to HFC members in the room while the vote was open, and later on Tuesday evening several of the members who helped sink the bill met with House GOP leaders for about an hour. They indicated afterwards that the talks would continue.

The House Rules Committee met Monday, ahead of an expected vote later this week on the “Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act,” which would prevent the federal government from banning the use of gas stoves. The bill was expected to pass the House of Representatives, despite assurances from federal regulators that they had no plans or intention to issue a ban on gas stoves.

Democrats have introduced a series of amendments, some of which deride the legislation and House Republicans’ decision to prioritize the bill.

Two amendments drafted by Rep. Jared Moskovitz, a Florida Democrat, appeared to mock the legislation. One such amendment called for “an official sense of Congress that gas stoves deserve consideration for an honorary statue in Statuary Hall” in the Capitol. Moskowitz’s other initial amendments called for a “Caesar position” within the DOE called “Commander in Chief Allied Gas to monitor the use and sale of gas stoves.”

“No one wants to ban gas stoves,” Moskovitz told CBS News. “And neither does the Biden administration. It’s absolutely ridiculous.”

“The White House wants to limit your ability to purchase and use gas stoves,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, said at the committee hearing Monday. “Just over half of the homes in my state use natural gas to heat, and just over a third of Oklahoma residents use a gas stove to cook at home,” Cole added.

Both the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Department of Energy deny any consideration for the gas stove ban.

Jackie Khalil and Nicole Killion contributed to this report.

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