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BumRushDaShow

(129,304 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2024, 03:11 PM Apr 12

Instead of passing Ukraine aid, the House is voting on bills to shield home appliances from government regulations

Source: Business Insider

Apr 12, 2024, 12:30 PM EDT

As Ukraine aid continues to stall, the House of Representatives announced plans to address legislation barring government regulations on home appliances.

Though the Senate passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel in February, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has yet to bring a similar or matching one to a vote. His reluctance could stem from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatening to oust him from leadership last month.

Johnson and his team have reportedly been negotiating with the White House regarding a Ukraine-based aid bill, but there's no set timeline for his prep work. In the meantime, the House Rules Committee has announced it's set to take a look at a series of six bills, each relating to government regulations and standards on household appliances. The bills to be reviewed are the following:

Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act

Liberty in Laundry Act

Clothes Dryers Reliability Act

Refrigerator Freedom Act

Affordable Air Conditioning Act

Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act

The six are strikingly similar to a culture war-esque bill that passed in the House in mid-2023 to prevent a gas stove ban, despite the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission noting that such a ban wasn't on the table and the White House clarifying Biden wouldn't even support one.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/house-may-vote-on-home-appliance-bills-instead-ukraine-aid-2024-4

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Instead of passing Ukraine aid, the House is voting on bills to shield home appliances from government regulations (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 12 OP

So obviously, they think it's more important to protect appliances than democracy Walleye Apr 12 #1

.. Cha Apr 12 #2

Democrats need to walk out. onecaliberal Apr 12 #3

What would that accomplish other than making it easy for republicans to pass whatever they want? onenote Apr 12 #8

Hands Off Our Home Appliances. Mawspam2 Apr 12 #4

Just when you think... Wuddles440 Apr 12 #5

I longbago stopped thinking that there was any bottom for this niyad Apr 12 #7

I saw this yesterday and ignored it thinking it was a sarcastic joke. IcyPeas Apr 12 #6

Walleye

(31,035 posts)

1. So obviously, they think it's more important to protect appliances than democracy

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Fri Apr 12, 2024, 03:16 PM

Apr 12

Cha

(297,496 posts)

2. ..

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Fri Apr 12, 2024, 03:29 PM

Apr 12

I hate magats.

onecaliberal

(32,882 posts)

3. Democrats need to walk out.

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Fri Apr 12, 2024, 03:41 PM

Apr 12

onenote

(42,737 posts)

8. What would that accomplish other than making it easy for republicans to pass whatever they want?

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 10:28 PM

Apr 12

A quorum is required for the House to do business. A quorum is a majority of the current House membership. The current House membership is 430, so 216 members have to be present. There are 217 repubs in Congress. Moreover, a quorum is presumed present, so a Democrat would have to be present to request a "quorum call" and that Democrat's presence would make it more likely that a quorum is present.