Light bulb ban repeal bill fails in the House

Washington Times  "The Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, H.R. 2417 would end federal bulb standards passed in 2007 that Republicans have since held up as a prime example of federal overreach. House Republicans brought up the bill under a suspension of the rules, which requires two-thirds of voting members to support it.


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"That means even though a majority might support it, it is unlikely to be approved Tuesday in light of Democratic opposition."

House GOP fails to turn off light bulb standards  "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.""



The BULB Act and the Inertia of the Administrative State  "If “we the people” can’t even reverse a lousy federal ban on incandescent light bulbs, how will we see the light on the larger things of our national future?"

Environmental Release of Mercury from Broken Compact Fluorescent Lamps   January 18, 2011

  "A new study published in Environmental Engineering Science warns that after it is broken, a CFL bulb continues to release mercury vapor into the air for up to months at a time at a level that may be unfit for human exposure."  So keep the EPA guidelines handy.