House conservatives frustrated with the terms of a debt-ceiling deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated with President Joe Biden have begun to act on their frustrations, upending key votes in protest of the California Republican's leadership of their GOP conference.
Eleven Republican lawmakers, most of whom are members of the conservative Freedom Caucus, voted Tuesday with Democrats to block the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act from proceeding to debate, marking the first time in more than 20 years that a rule has failed to advance in the chamber.
McCarthy secured the speaker's gavel earlier this year after a contentious series of votes, but not before making promises to House conservatives to change the way the chamber operates and to fight for budgetary concessions from the Democrats.
Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck reportedly floated a vote to oust McCarthy prior to the debt ceiling vote, but that idea did not gain traction.
North Carolina GOP Rep. Dan Bishop openly called for removing McCarthy, while GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the McCarthy-brokered deal "Totally inadequate."
The House has a vote Wednesday on the similar Save Our Gas Stoves Act, presenting another possibility of a conservative revolt.
Republicans control 222 seats of the 218 needed to claim control, leaving McCarthy with little room for dissent to stay in power.
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