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John Boehner, bypassing the rules committee and bringing a bill directly to a floor vote, repealing a 2007 law effectively killing the incandescent lightbulb industry, couldn't muster enough votes to get the 2/3 majority needed to pass the measure. If Boehner had had the bill first go through and pass the rules committee, which is Republican-led, the measure would have passed with a simple majority. But, for reasons known only to Boehner and the House leadership (way to have his back Cantor!), they bypassed the committee and brought the bill straight to the floor for a vote. By bringing the bill up, and suspending the rules, the bill required a 2/3 vote to pass.
This is the type of thing that drives me and many of my fellow conservatives absolutely crazy! I mean, we know that the Senate is screwed up. But the apparent incompetence of the House Republican leadership is both baffling and infuriating! You can't pass a light bulb bill?! How in hell do we have confidence that you can go toe-to-toe with a truly vicious trinity of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi? Note to Boehner, Cantor, McConnell and the rest of you weak-kneed, afraid of my own shadow GOP leadership. These people play for keeps! They take no prisoners! They're turning the country into Venezuela, and with a comfortable majority, you can't pass a bill so that we can keep making and buying the Edison light bulb?!
God help us.
JULY 12, 2011, 7:17 P.M. ET
Repeal of Light-Bulb Mandate Fails to Pass House
By RYAN TRACY
WASHINGTON—A measure to repeal a 2007 federal law that would push many traditional incandescent light bulbs off the market failed to win two-thirds support needed to pass in a House vote Tuesday.
A 233-193 majority of the House backed the measure proposed by Rep. Joe Barton (R. Texas), would have repealed a federal mandate that light bulbs meet certain efficiency standards by next year. But the bill was brought up under a procedure requiring that it receive two-thirds vote for passage.
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