House to Vote Again in Continuing Effort to Repeal Light Bulb Ban
Amendment to Repeal Ban Planned for Today, Vote Likely Friday
Amendment to Repeal Ban Planned for Today, Vote Likely Friday
Washington, D.C. - Rep. Mike Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) is expected to offer a light bulb regulation limitation amendment to the U.S. House Energy and Water Appropriations bill sometime after 3:30 this afternoon.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) is encouraging the move.
If opponents request a recorded vote, as expected, the vote on the amendment is expected to take place tomorrow.
"This is welcome but not surprising news," said Amy Ridenour, President of the National Center for Public Policy Research, who has been an outspoken opponent of the de facto ban on the most commonly sold incandescents. "The public response to the news that the federal government has taken away our light bulb choices is increasingly akin to the response of our ancestors to a tea tax. In both cases, the governments involved chose to interfere with the sale of something citizens of all classes all use, use often, and like a lot."
