After months-long controversy sparked by the Biden administration’s proposed option to ban it, House Republicans passed a bill Tuesday to protect gas-powered stoves.
The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, introduced in March by North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong, “prohibit[s] the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves.” It passed the House early Tuesday evening by a 248-180 vote.
Initially, the bill was slated for a vote last week, but was delayed when a group of Republicans shot down a procedural rule.
Having passed, the bill now heads to the Senate where an uphill battle to advance it is expected.
I’m sorry but this just pisses me off.
The GOP could have actually moved the football on this. They passed a debt limit bill to do it (https://t.co/aCxESxiS2S).
But they stripped it, and decided they’d rather launch a PR campaign that wouldn’t get any real results. https://t.co/AicRCR8Xvl
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 6, 2023
Instead of beating the left on something, they decided to fundraise and stir more outrage over not being able to beat the left on something when they have no leverage.
You think Dems would have scuttled the debt limit bill over not being able to ban gas stoves? I don’t.
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 6, 2023
