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Ryan Tate · 09/29/11 07:52PMBP's Man in Washington Loses Light Bulb Fight
Jeff Neumann · 07/13/11 04:25AMWhile the rest of Washington squabbles over the debt ceiling, one man has been fighting for your right to buy real lightbulbs. Republican Congressman Joe Barton — of BP "shakedown" fame — has been trying to overturn the 2007 law that requires lightbulbs to operate 30 percent more efficiently by 2012. Barton lost last night after failing to get two-thirds support in the House.