Amid all the wrangling over the nation’s debt ceiling, the U.S. House of Representatives last week had lighting on its mind. On Tuesday, the House considered but failed to pass a bill that would have repealed the energy-efficiency standards for lighting that are part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA).

Not content to consider the matter settled, the House on Friday passed an amendment to an energy and water appropriations bill that would deny the Department of Energy the funding to enforce the EISA light bulb efficiency regulations.

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