The U.S. House of Representatives passed Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles’ (R-TN-05) Liberty in Laundry Act on Tuesday by a 215-200 vote.
Ogles’ bill, filed as H.R. 7673, prohibits the U.S. Department of Energy secretary from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes washers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible.
After being introduced in March, the bill passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by a 22-19 vote and was recommended for passage by the full House.
On Tuesday, 200 Democrats voted against Ogles’ bill while only six Democrats joined the majority in voting in favor of the legislation.
“I have spent much of my time in Congress fighting back the federal government’s vast overreach into the lives of hardworking Americans,” Ogles said in a statement following the passage of his bill.
