Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie announces 2024 presidential run

Sep 22, 2023

Back in the Capitol, here's more from Fox News on why rightwing lawmakers banded together to frustrate the chamber's Republican leaders by blocking debate on legislation dealing with gas stoves and federal government rule -making.

The revolt caused a vote to start debate on legislation to fail for the first time since 2002. It came after the far-right lawmakers joined with Democrats in what one of their members, Dan Bishop, told Fox was an expression of frustration with House speaker Kevin McCarthy:

A) From colleague Tyler Olson. GOP NC Rep Bishop says McCarthy violated the pact made for him to become Speaker. That's why he & other GOPers blew up the rule for the gas stove bill.

B) Bishop: The agreement about discretionary spending to fiscal year 2022 levels. That was one specific provision. I think there are other specific provisions but that's the one that I can call to mind instantly.

C) Bishop says conservatives did not tell the GOP brass their plan to blow up the rule for the gas stove bill

The Guardian's Maanvi Singh is on deck now to run the blog through the evening's news, including Chris Christie's town hall kicking off his presidential campaign.