"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."

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