But some of the most interesting action happened on the sidelines, where negotiators agreed to strict rules to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from targeting groups for ideological scrutiny, and specifically banning the agency from targeting citizens “for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment.”
Negotiators also agreed to block the Obama administration from imposing standards that effectively would prohibit the sale of incandescent light bulbs. The move continues a prohibition that Republicans imposed when they took control of the House in 2011.
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With all that is going on, they are debating lightbulbs.
ReplyDeleteI read where Childproof lighters are recognized as the top the technological advancement of the Clinton Presidency
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong, but isn't IRS targeting already banned?
ReplyDeleteThe light bulbs are about jobs here not overseas
ReplyDeletethe article made no mention of saving lightbulb jobs
ReplyDeleteWhy would any self respecting light bulb company have a factory here when Congress annually threatens to outlaw them in the U.S.?
ReplyDeleteWouldn't they be better off in China so when the ban takes place they are not affected very much?
I mean, really!
Now that's something I can vote for! If you can't buy the lightbulbs you want, what makes you think you'd be allowed to buy something else you want. It's not about the bulbs, per se. It's about entrepreneurial endeavor and consumerism. (what makes this great country work)
ReplyDeleteso far just not able to mfg. them. you may still purchase them.
ReplyDeleteBan IRS from targeting groups??? Just more political BS. It has as much value as a Judge's "restraining order".. NONE.
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