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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.1547 To prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses.</title>
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  <updated>2009-03-16T01:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>H.R.1547: Stephanie Tubbs Jones Collegiate Housing and ...</title>
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H.R.6144: Better Use of Light Bulbs Act - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress. Opposing Bill, Opposing Senator, Opposing Representative. H.R.45 Blair Holt&amp;#39;s Firearm ... 2 &#183; H.R.1388 Serve America Act. 1 &#183; H.R.6 Creating ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1547/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.R.1547: Stephanie Tubbs Jones Collegiate Housing and ...</title>
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H.R.6144: Better Use of Light Bulbs Act - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress. Opposing Bill, Opposing Senator, Opposing Representative. H.R.45 Blair Holt&amp;#39;s Firearm ... 2 &#183; H.R.1388 Serve America Act. 1 &#183; H.R.6 Creating ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1547/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Stand Firm | Congress And Lightbulbs</title>
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      <name>Stand Firm </name>
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The bill (HR 1547) was passed in December 2007, and an amendment to the bill (HR 5616) &#226;&#8364;&#339;The Lightbulb Freedom of Choice Act&quot;) was introduced this March. The summary is here . At least someone in Congress has stopped a moment and said ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/13265/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>High Efficiency Bulbs Come With A Risk</title>
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    <updated>2008-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Constitutionally Right </name>
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Early last year I wrote about HR 1547 which would prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, at the time I said it was not a bright idea. I emphasized the point that the alternative to incandescent bulbs would be fluorescent, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://constitutionallyright.com/2008/02/26/high-efficiency-bulbs-come-with-a-risk/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>High Efficiency Bulbs Come With A Risk</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-25:/commentary/1672587</id>
    <updated>2008-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Gather: Articles by Gather Essentials: News </name>
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Image Courtesy of WorldNetDaily Early last year I wrote about HR 1547 which would prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs , at the time I said it was not a bright . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977269190&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Ron Paul ~ Know The Whole Truth | Free Speech TV Community ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-26:/commentary/3326075</id>
    <updated>2008-01-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Awaken Me!/Sovereigns United </name>
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H. R. 1547. To restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech. Ron Paul thinks that the separation of church and state is unconstitutional and deprives the religious folks of their right to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.freespeech.org/ron_paul_know_the_whole_truth&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Dirty politics: Hillary Clinton campaign has planted people ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/commentary/3420595</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R.1547: To restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech. H.R.4922: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. H.R.5078: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.care2.com/news/member/625564339/610863&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Clown Candidate Ron Paul Excluded from Debates &#194;&#171; Blogs 4 Conservatives</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-03:/commentary/3326074</id>
    <updated>2008-01-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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His bills would also prevent cross-state discrimination against gay marriage (H.R.300 H.R.4379 H.R.5739 H.R.3893 H.R.1547 H.R.4922 H.R.5078). He also wants to limit Federal court intrusion into abortion cases (H.R.1545 H.R.1546 H.R.2875 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs4conservatives.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/clown-candidate-ron-paul-excluded-from-debates/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Ron Paul Doesn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t &quot;Accept&quot; Evolution | PEEK | AlterNet</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-22:/commentary/3326077</id>
    <updated>2007-12-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R.1547: To restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech. H.R.4922: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. H.R.5078: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/71473/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>ron paul: the record against</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-16:/commentary/3160669</id>
    <updated>2007-11-16T19:00:00Z</updated>
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before that, ron paul tried the &quot;religious freedom restoration act&quot;, last submitted as hr 1547 in 2003. the foundation of this law is the premise that the first amendment does not separate church and state; it merely prohibits ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lyansroar.blogspot.com/2007/11/lyan-ron-paul-record-against.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>ron paul's real record in congress</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-12:/commentary/3160667</id>
    <updated>2007-11-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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hr1547: to restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech. hr4922: to restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. hr5078: to restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ron-paul-2008.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-pauls-real-record-in-congress.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>1001 reasons why ron paul is a ridiculous asshole (from david ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-11:/commentary/3814368</id>
    <updated>2007-11-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
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hr1547: to restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech. hr4922: to restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. hr5078: to restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://likeawoman.livejournal.com/409515.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Orcinus</title>
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    <updated>2007-11-10T19:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R.1547: To restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech. H.R.4922: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. H.R.5078: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-pauls-record-in-congress.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>bills: down with coal! up with fluorescents!</title>
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    <updated>2007-05-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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hr 1547 , introduced in the house by rep. jane harman, d-calif., on march 15th, this bill would require all light bulbs to be as efficient as compact flourescents by 2012. s. 1227 , introduced in the senate by sen. john kerry, d-mass., ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ibabuzz.com/energy/2007/05/10/bills-down-with-coal-up-with-fluorescents/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>HR 1547 Enrolled</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-26:/commentary/2996198</id>
    <updated>2007-04-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Honoring Clarence Bradford for serving as Democratic precinct chair of Precinct 652 in Harris County.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HR01547F.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>New lights on the subject?</title>
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    <updated>2007-04-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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The article also refers to the HR 1547 bill and how the US wants to &quot;Ban the bulb&quot;. The bill actually states that there will be standards to set new minimum lumen per watt ratios on light bulbs. This wording allows incandescent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnrizzo.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-lights-on-subject.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Not a Bright Idea</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill recently introduced in the House, HR 1547, would prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/opinion/~3/104499445/114821.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>canadian and us incandescent lightbulb ban bills</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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harman calls the bill [hr 1547] &quot;an important first step toward making every household, business and public building in america more energy-efficient.&quot; ... an average traditional incandescent bulb based on a filament emits 12-15 lumens ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2007/03/canadian_and_us.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>not a bright idea</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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a bill recently introduced in the house,hr 1547 would prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloggernews.net/15458&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>US lawmakers seek to ban inefficient lightbulbs</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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California representative Jane Harman has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives that would ban inefficient lightbulbs. HR 1547 would ban all lightbulbs that produce less than 60 lumens per watt by 2012. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://harman-california-36th.blamfluie.com/2007/03/22/us-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-inefficient-lightbulbs-384348.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Toilets, Washing Machines, TVs, Light Bulbs&#8230;</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-21:/commentary/815921</id>
    <updated>2007-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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The United States is moving towards ushering out inefficient lighting with HR 1547, which was published on March 15, 2007. The bill, which was submitted by California representative Jane Harman, indicates that light bulbs which have an ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technudge.net/?p=8929&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Babalu Blog: Our tax dollars hard at work...on lightbulbs</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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The bill, HR 1547 includes the following:. Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the Congress a plan for encouraging and providing incentives for the use of more ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babalublog.com/archives/004878.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>US lawmakers seek to ban inefficient lightbulbs</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-20:/commentary/1479877</id>
    <updated>2007-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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California representative Jane Harman has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives that would ban inefficient lightbulbs. HR 1547 would ban all lightbulbs that produce less than 60 lumens per watt by 2012. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/21/hr1547_ban_inefficient_lightbulbs/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tom&amp;#39;s Hardware News - US lawmakers seek to ban inefficient lightbulbs</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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California representative Jane Harman has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives that would ban inefficient lightbulbs. HR 1547 would ban all lightbulbs that produce less than 60 lumens per watt by 2012. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://teknews.net/details.php?id=70493&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>US lawmakers seek to ban inefficient lightbulbs</title>
    <link href="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/03/21/hr1547_ban_inefficient_lightbulbs/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-20:/commentary/815920</id>
    <updated>2007-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Tom&amp;#39;s Hardware UK and Ireland </name>
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California representative Jane Harman has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives that would ban inefficient lightbulbs. HR 1547 would ban all lightbulbs that produce less than 60 lumens per watt by 2012. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/03/21/hr1547_ban_inefficient_lightbulbs/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: HR 1547: To prohibit the sale of certain ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1547" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-13:/commentary/3013749</id>
    <updated>2007-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>GovTrack.us Monitored Events </name>
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Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA] introduced HR 1547: To prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1547&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>HR 1547, To prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1547.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-13:/commentary/815919</id>
    <updated>2007-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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HR 1547 would prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1547.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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