On Dec 16, 6:01*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency
standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban on
incandescent light bulbs. GOP and Democratic sources tell POLITICO the final
omnibus bill includes a rider defunding the Energy Department's standards
for traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy
efficient."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz1gh6osdCL

all congress bills should stand alone, not tied to anything else.....

this is one of the problems with congress, reps sell their votes to
the highest bidder and play way too much politics.

kinda like firemen playing cards at the station while a neighborhood
burns