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At a time when leaders on both sides of the aisle are engaged in an epic debate on how, or if, to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, on Tuesday, House GOP leadership decided that what Americans really needed was a vote on their ability to continue to use incandescent light bulbs. Seriously. 

H.R. 2417, the so-called Better Use of Light Bulbs Act of 2011, was defeated 233-193 under House rules that required a supermajority to succeed. If it had prevailed, this bill would have repealed language that was passed with bipartisan support in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) that called for replacing the most energy consuming incandescent light bulbs with more energy efficient light bulbs over the course of several years.

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