Gramps
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Now that congrees has put the light bulb issue behind them, what will the next major issue they tackle?
The standards have not been particularly contentious before now. They were crafted in 2007 with Republican participation and signed into law by President George W. BushHouse GOP fails to turn off new standards for light bulbs that some see as issue of freedom
For many Republicans, those newfangled curly fluorescent light bulbs were the last straw, pushed by an overreaching government thats forcing people to buy health insurance, prodding them to get more fuel-efficient cars and sticking its nose into too many places.
Im not opposed to the squiggly tailed CFLs, said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, a driving force behind the effort to save the old incandescents and the sponsor of the bill to overturn the standards. But making the old bulbs go away seems to me to be overkill by the federal government.Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., held up a new Sylvania incandescent that meets the efficiency standards and costs $1.69. You dont have to buy one of those funny-looking new light bulbs, he said
Republican presidential contender Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota complained earlier this year that, under President Barack Obama, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy
House GOP fails to turn off new standards for light bulbs that some see as issue of freedom - The Washington Post
The standards have not been particularly contentious before now. They were crafted in 2007 with Republican participation and signed into law by President George W. BushHouse GOP fails to turn off new standards for light bulbs that some see as issue of freedom
For many Republicans, those newfangled curly fluorescent light bulbs were the last straw, pushed by an overreaching government thats forcing people to buy health insurance, prodding them to get more fuel-efficient cars and sticking its nose into too many places.
Im not opposed to the squiggly tailed CFLs, said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, a driving force behind the effort to save the old incandescents and the sponsor of the bill to overturn the standards. But making the old bulbs go away seems to me to be overkill by the federal government.Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., held up a new Sylvania incandescent that meets the efficiency standards and costs $1.69. You dont have to buy one of those funny-looking new light bulbs, he said
Republican presidential contender Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota complained earlier this year that, under President Barack Obama, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy
House GOP fails to turn off new standards for light bulbs that some see as issue of freedom - The Washington Post
