一个程序性的第一步是采取共和党支持的立法，禁止联邦政府禁止燃气灶周二下午失败了-在12名共和党议员手中。
对于对麦卡锡和乔·拜登总统不满的众议院自由党团成员来说，这仅仅是第一次机会债务限额交易公开反对议长，与208名民主党人一起投票否决了该规则。
虽然可能不靠谱，但这一程序性障碍充分展示了麦卡锡议长身份的脆弱性。
“我们不会再生活在帝国发言人的时代了，”佛罗里达州共和党众议员马特·盖兹在周二投票反对该规则后告诉记者。
“我们不会生活在一个我们的成员受到这样惩罚的时代，”这位佛罗里达州议员说，他指的是众议员安德鲁·克莱德。
克莱德周二早些时候告诉记者，共和党领导层威胁说，如果他投票反对，就不会提出他赞助的法案债务上限规则上周。
周二下午，在众议院，包括盖兹和克莱德在内的近十几名自由党团成员与多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯和多数党党鞭汤姆·艾默进行了激烈的对话。投票进行了40多分钟，旁听席上的记者可以听到来回的声音。
斯卡利斯最终投了反对票，允许共和党利用众议院程序稍后再次提出规则投票。
H.R. 463号程序性步骤本应考虑众议院第1640号和第1615号决议。H.R. 1640，“拯救我们的燃气灶法案”将禁止能源部最终确定燃气灶的能效规则。H.R. 1615，“燃气灶自由和保护法案”将禁止消费者产品安全委员会禁止燃气灶作为危险产品，或发布任何禁止销售燃气灶或使其明显更贵的产品安全标准。
消费品安全委员会说一月份，它没有计划禁止燃气灶，尽管类似的努力已经在州一级推进，比如纽约的一项法律禁止大多数新建筑中的天然气炉和火炉。
麦卡锡做了几个让步今年早些时候，他在竞选议长的过程中向他的政党成员发出了警告，包括允许一名成员介绍一个要求撤离的动议。
周二标志着近21年来众议院首次未能通过一项规则投票。即使是在最有争议的立法上，多数党也能够提供足够的票数来开启对特定法案本身的自由辩论。
这也标志着在不到一周的时间里，麦卡锡第二次在程序性橡皮图章投票中面临艰难的战斗，因为他以微弱的多数:222名共和党人对213名民主党人。当众议院上周需要通过债务上限协议的规则时，议长在失去29名共和党叛逃者后，不得不依靠52名民主党人来通过该规则。
2023年6月5日，DC华盛顿州，众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡走向众议院，在美国国会大厦大楼开启立法会议。
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麦卡锡今晚将在他的办公室会见自由党团成员，在得到进一步通知之前，会议厅将处于暂停状态。
GOP push to prevent gas stove ban is scuttled by Freedom Caucus members discontent with McCarthy
A procedural first step to take up GOP-backed legislation to prohibit the federal government from banning gas stoves failed on Tuesday afternoon -- at the hands of 12 GOP lawmakers.
It was merely the first opportunity for House Freedom Caucus members dissatisfied with McCarthy and President Joe Biden'sdebt limit dealto revolt publicly against the speaker, joining 208 Democrats to vote down the rule.
While it may be wonky, this procedural hurdle puts the fragility of McCarthy's speakership on full display.
"We're not going to live in the era of the imperial speaker anymore," GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida told reporters after he voted against the rule Tuesday.
"We're not going to live in an era where our members are punished like this," the Florida lawmaker said, referring to Rep. Andrew Clyde.
Clyde told reporters earlier Tuesday that GOP leadership threatened not to bring up one of his sponsored bills if he voted againstthe debt ceiling rulelast week.
On the House floor Tuesday afternoon, nearly a dozen Freedom Caucus members -- including Gaetz and Clyde -- engaged in heated conversations with Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Reporters in the gallery could hear the back and forth while the vote was open for more than 40 minutes.
Scalise ultimately switched his vote to no, allowing the GOP to take advantage of a House procedure to bring up the rule vote again later.
The procedural step, H.R. 463, would have provided for the consideration of House Resolutions 1640 and 1615. H.R. 1640, the "Save Our Gas Stoves Act," would prohibit the Department of Energy from finalizing the energy efficiency rules for gas stoves. H.R. 1615, the "Gas Stove Freedom and Protection Act," would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves as a hazardous product or issuing any product safety standard that would prohibit the sale of gas stoves or make them significantly more expensive.
The CPSCsaidin January it had no plans to ban gas stoves, although similar efforts have advanced at the state level, such as a law in New Yorkbanningnatural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings.
McCarthy made severalconcessionsto members of his party in his campaign for the speaker's gavel earlier this year, including allowing a single member to introduce amotion to vacate.
Tuesday marks the first time in nearly 21 years that a rule vote has failed to pass the House. Even on the most contentious pieces of legislation, the majority party is able to deliver enough votes to open up floor debate of the given bill itself.
It also marks the second time in less than a week that McCarthy has faced an uphill battle during a procedural rubber stamp vote due to his slim majority: 222 Republicans to 213 Democrats. When the House needed to pass the rule on the debt ceiling deal last week, the speaker had to rely on 52 Democrats to pass it after he lost 29 GOP defectors.
As McCarthy meets with members of the Freedom Caucus in his office tonight, the chamber is at a standstill until further notice.
