House vote on incandescent lights planned
House Republicans are finally ready to make good on their promise to stay the execution of incandescent light bulbs.
After months of fiery rhetoric from the likes of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, GOP sponsors of the legislation confirmed they're on track for a floor vote Monday on a bill that stops the federally mandated transition to more eco-friendly home lighting.
Republicans plan to bring their bill up under suspension of the rules, a House procedure usually used for noncontroversial items like Post Office namings that requires two-thirds support and prohibits amendments.
Lead sponsor Rep. Joe Barton told POLITICO that he is "working real hard on the Democratic side" to win about 40 of their votes. The bill currently has only Republican members as co-sponsors after Rep.While many consumers have switched from Led down light traditional filament light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs, Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) removed her name from the measure Thursday evening.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs.
"Their eyes have been opened and they see the effect of it, and the jobs consequences and the energy efficiency," Barton said Thursday.
Conservatives have made the light bulb ban a rallying cry against big government, even if the idea was part of a 2007 energy law signed by then President George W. Bush.
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) played a key role in drafting the original language, which prompted Beck and Limbaugh to question whether he was a suitable enough conservative when he made his bid last fall for the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Before he won the gavel, Upton promised to revisit the ban he helped craft.
"It is one of those issues out there that just inflames people," said Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas),That 3G test in Grand Central further confirmed these results. Reception r4 販売 was low on both modems, but the U600 manage to squeak past the 250U another lead co-sponsor. "What in the world were you doing restricting the kinds of light bulbs in my home?"
Barton,While using compact fluorescent light bulbs energy saving light helps conserve energy, it is important that the bulbs are collected and recycled properly to protect our environment who lost out to Upton in the Energy and Commerce Committee race, said he’s been busy trying to make his case in more ways than one, including a recent fact-finding trip at a grocery store.
"I bought a 60 watt CFL [compact fluorescent light] bulb last night at Giant for $6 and I bought four 60-watt incandescents for 37.5 cents a piece, four for a buck and a half,” Barton said.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. “It takes a long time to make up efficiency when it's an 18 to 1 outlay up front."
The Obama administration has come out against the measure.
“At a time when American families are struggling from increased energy costs, it makes no sense to repeal this commonsense bipartisan proposal that saves consumers $6 billion annually," said Energy Department spokesman Damien LaVera.
House Republicans are finally ready to make good on their promise to stay the execution of incandescent light bulbs.
After months of fiery rhetoric from the likes of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, GOP sponsors of the legislation confirmed they're on track for a floor vote Monday on a bill that stops the federally mandated transition to more eco-friendly home lighting.
Republicans plan to bring their bill up under suspension of the rules, a House procedure usually used for noncontroversial items like Post Office namings that requires two-thirds support and prohibits amendments.
Lead sponsor Rep. Joe Barton told POLITICO that he is "working real hard on the Democratic side" to win about 40 of their votes. The bill currently has only Republican members as co-sponsors after Rep.While many consumers have switched from Led down light traditional filament light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs, Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) removed her name from the measure Thursday evening.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs.
"Their eyes have been opened and they see the effect of it, and the jobs consequences and the energy efficiency," Barton said Thursday.
Conservatives have made the light bulb ban a rallying cry against big government, even if the idea was part of a 2007 energy law signed by then President George W. Bush.
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) played a key role in drafting the original language, which prompted Beck and Limbaugh to question whether he was a suitable enough conservative when he made his bid last fall for the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Before he won the gavel, Upton promised to revisit the ban he helped craft.
"It is one of those issues out there that just inflames people," said Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas),That 3G test in Grand Central further confirmed these results. Reception r4 販売 was low on both modems, but the U600 manage to squeak past the 250U another lead co-sponsor. "What in the world were you doing restricting the kinds of light bulbs in my home?"
Barton,While using compact fluorescent light bulbs energy saving light helps conserve energy, it is important that the bulbs are collected and recycled properly to protect our environment who lost out to Upton in the Energy and Commerce Committee race, said he’s been busy trying to make his case in more ways than one, including a recent fact-finding trip at a grocery store.
"I bought a 60 watt CFL [compact fluorescent light] bulb last night at Giant for $6 and I bought four 60-watt incandescents for 37.5 cents a piece, four for a buck and a half,” Barton said.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. “It takes a long time to make up efficiency when it's an 18 to 1 outlay up front."
The Obama administration has come out against the measure.
“At a time when American families are struggling from increased energy costs, it makes no sense to repeal this commonsense bipartisan proposal that saves consumers $6 billion annually," said Energy Department spokesman Damien LaVera.
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