McCarthy ends House floor blockade by striking temporary deal with Republican rebels

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a temporary deal with 11 Republican rebels who had brought the chamber to a standstill for days, paving the way for the House to vote Tuesday on GOP-backed legislation.

McCarthy, a California Republican, met Monday with the conservative hardliners, who had been preventing the House floor since last week from advancing Republican-backed legislation. Leadership ultimately canceled a day of votes over the standoff.

The Republican rebels had said they were frustrated with McCarthy's debt ceiling compromise he made with President Joe Biden. 

The conservative Republicans on Monday said the conversations were going in the right direction. 

"Here's what everyone understood: the power sharing agreement that we entered into in January with Speaker McCarthy must be renegotiated and he understood that we understood that," Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said, according to Axios.

"The only thing we agreed to is that we’ll sit down and talk more of the process," McCarthy said.

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., confirmed Monday that the 11 Republicans would vote in favor of a new rule that would allow a package of messaging bills to be brought to the floor later this week. Two of the bills deal with protecting gas stoves, one focuses on regulation and another protects pistol stabilizing braces, but none of the legislation is likely to pass the Senate, NBC News reported.

"We aired our issues. We want to see this move forward as a body," Norman said.

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.