Negotiators from the House and Senate approved a $1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will avert a government shutdown. Whatever. The important news is a rider attached to that bill: the ban on incandescent light bulbs has been forestalled.
Democrats said some issues remained unresolved, including travel restrictions with Cuba. According to House Appropriations Committee ranking member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), a rider preventing Cuban-Americans from traveling to Cuba was removed from the package as part of the final bill. Riders preventing the District of Columbia from funding abortions and stopping a forced transition from incandescent light bulbs were left in the bill after the final round of talks.
So, for the foreseeable future, you’ll still be able to buy incandescent bulbs, and keep those hazmat-team CFLs out of your house.
Read more at The Hill
