Yes, that’s right. Rick Santelli. And this is much bigger than that.
As for comparing this to the border fence and those faux “supporters” who are actually trying to kill it... this isn’t that. These aren’t EPA supporters trying to save the EPA by coming up with complicating schemes for controlling the EPA.
This is a simple, stand-alone resolution: Texas is allowed to make and sell these bulbs to Texans.
It’s a shot across the bow of the EPA. It’s a shot-heard-round-the-country.
House Republican leadership kills light bulb freedom with parliamentary maneuver guaranteed to fail.
“House Republicans brought up the bill under a suspension of the rules, which requires two-thirds of voting members to support it. That means even though a majority might support it, it is unlikely to be approved Tuesday in light of Democratic opposition.”
So, did they do this knowing that on the House would pass it, and the Senate wouldn’t, and Obama would veto it even if the Senate passed it?
Or does the Republican leadership secretly support the Bush-passed light bulb ban?
36 Republicans originally voted in favor of the light bulb ban in the House, with 5 not voting. Those with asterisks by their names are no longer in the House.
In the House:
Yea AL-2 Everett, Terry [R]*
Yea AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R]
Yea AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R]
Yea CT-4 Shays, Christopher [R]*
Yea DE-0 Castle, Michael [R]*
Yea FL-5 Brown-Waite, Virginia [R]*
Yea FL-13 Buchanan, Vern [R]
Yea FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
Yea IL-10 Kirk, Mark [R]
Yea IL-15 Johnson, Timothy [R]
Yea IL-18 LaHood, Ray [R]*
Yea MD-1 Gilchrest, Wayne [R]*
Yea MD-6 Bartlett, Roscoe [R]
Yea MI-3 Ehlers, Vernon [R]*
Yea MI-9 Knollenberg, Joseph [R]*
Yea MI-10 Miller, Candice [R]
Yea MN-3 Ramstad, James [R]*
Yea MO-8 Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
Yea NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
Yea NJ-2 LoBiondo, Frank [R]
Yea NJ-3 Saxton, H. James [R]*
Yea NJ-4 Smith, Christopher [R]
Yea NJ-7 Ferguson, Michael [R]*
Yea NY-23 McHugh, John [R]*
Yea NY-25 Walsh, James [R]*
Yea NY-29 Kuhl, John [R]*
Yea NC-3 Jones, Walter [R]
Yea NC-8 Hayes, Robin [R]*
Yea PA-6 Gerlach, Jim [R]
Yea PA-15 Dent, Charles [R]
Yea PA-19 Platts, Todd [R]
Yea SC-4 Inglis, Bob [R]*
Yea VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R]
Yea WA-8 Reichert, Dave [R]
Yea WV-2 Capito, Shelley [R]
Yea WI-6 Petri, Thomas [R]
Not Voting CA-44 Calvert, Ken [R]
Not Voting IN-4 Buyer, Stephen [R]*
Not Voting IN-5 Burton, Dan [R]
Not Voting NC-10 McHenry, Patrick [R]
Not Voting TX-3 Johnson, Samuel [R]