Is the House GOP waging war against energy efficient lightbulbs in its own building?
The hallway on the first floor of the House Cannon building on Capitol Hill was noticeably brighter than the second floor for most of the day today. That’s because the Architect of the Capitol is replacing modern energy-efficient 150-watt lightbulbs (photo to left) with traditional 250-watt lightbulbs because an unknown member of Congress complained.A TPM reader first alerted us that maintenance workers were switching out the bulbs. Another person familiar with the bulb switch told TPM that “some congressman” complained that the hallways of Cannon were a bit dim for their liking, so it was out with the new, in with the old.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=107168