Conservatives block debate on regulation, gas stove bills
Member of the Freedom Caucus wanted to send leaders a message.
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Member of the Freedom Caucus wanted to send leaders a message.
A group of House Republicans tanked legislation aimed at blocking the federal government from banning gas stoves in response to GOP leaders' debt ceiling deal with Democrats.
Eleven members of the Freedom Caucus voted against a rule that would have allowed the House of Representatives to push back against potential gas stove bans.
Republican lawmakers are not letting the gas stove go quietly into that good night, instead planning two votes this afternoon that would keep Democrats from regulating the appliance that found itself in the center of climate crosshairs
The House was preparing to vote on the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Department of Energy fro...