The U.S. House of Representatives returned to the job of legislating on Tuesday, after a week-long standoff between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a small group of hardline Republican conservatives ended in a temporary truce.
The Republican-controlled chamber first voted 219-210 on a gun rights bill favored by McCarthy's hardline critics, under an agreement the two sides reached late on Monday, before moving on to the first of four measures that were sidelined last week.
The House then voted 248-180 to pass the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, the first of two Republican gas stove bills that the House is considering this week. It would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from issuing regulations curtailing the use of new gas stoves.
"Anytime you walk through things like this, if you have to give up a couple of days as you work through in a conference, it only makes you stronger on the other end," McCarthy told reporters.
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