House breaks legislative logjam after Kevin McCarthy agrees to negotiate with Freedom Caucus
In a 218-209 vote, nearly every single GOP lawmaker voted to bring a slew of GOP messaging bills to the House floor. The move came after a tense week of negotiation between Speaker“We aired our issues,” said Rep. Ralph Norman, South Carolina Republican who backed the blockade “We want to see this move forward as a body.”
The House will now consider legislation to prevent President Biden from banning gas stoves. It will also weigh a bill to roll back a new rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on pistol braces. The pistol brace legislation and its author, Rep. Andrew S. Clyde, were part of the reason why conservative hard-liners initially revolted against Mr.
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