The House voted down an effort to suspend the rules and pass a bill - the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act - which would have repealed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. That bill included a section which required "lightbulb manufacturers to improve the efficiency of incandescent bulbs by 25 percent."
Supporters of the repeal framed the issue as a violation of liberty, while opponents highlighted the costs savings increased efficiency was likely to provide.
- Commentary in The Altantic.
