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House Democrats Flip, Join Republicans
to Overturn Biden-Era Regulation

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 1/14/2026 7:31:36 AM

Eleven House Democrats jumped party lines to vote with their Republican counterparts in a bid to overturn regulations pushed during former President Joe Biden’s tenure. According to Fox News, the House of Representatives voted 226-197 to overturn Biden-era regulations effectively aimed at restricting how strong shower heads could be. Federal law already caps how much water a shower head is allowed to emit. During the Biden administration, regulators took a broader view of that rule. They concluded that showers equipped with multiple nozzles had to be treated as a single unit, meaning the total water flow across all heads could not exceed the legal maximum.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: La Dotta 1/14/2026 7:42:00 AM (No. 2054613)
Congress at work doing their part to make America great again! Sheesh…
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Reply 2 - Posted by: PChristopher 1/14/2026 7:48:25 AM (No. 2054618)
Next they'll be voting on colors for the toilet rooms.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 1/14/2026 8:05:54 AM (No. 2054635)
Liberals love to restrict comfort! Holding back on water is one of their tools. A few years ago I had to replace my washing machine. I said, give me the top loader that uses the most water. I spent time in France and had to wash clothes in the European version, so I knew where they were heading with it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: kdog 1/14/2026 8:21:57 AM (No. 2054654)
I remember reading in American History books how George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin all agreed this new Country they had worked so hard to create had to dedicate itself to limiting the amount of water that could be sprayed from shower nozzles used by future citizens. Washington himself emotionally stated: "I did not waste my Christmas crossing the Delaware River just so water can go down the drain unregulated!!"
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Encore 1/14/2026 9:01:03 AM (No. 2054685)
Glad to see Democrats coming home to reality on the REALLY important issues. Geez…
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 1/14/2026 9:04:36 AM (No. 2054687)
What a stupid rule. It's not as annoying as not having enough water to flush the toilet but it's right up there and smells like California lunacy. It's easy to remove the restrictor from the shower head or simply take a longer shower if you like. In their zeal to "save water" the moron politicians did not realize that water does not disappear, it's naturally recycled. Some shower heads also have that silly temperature control because they believe that the average person can't help but burn himself.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Jethro bo 1/14/2026 9:16:51 AM (No. 2054701)
To be honest I'm surprised the Diaper Joe administration and all Democrats, in the name of saving the planet, didn't outlaw toilet paper and required dried autumn leaves as the replacement.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: thefield 1/14/2026 10:06:30 AM (No. 2054744)
Big whoop!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: thefield 1/14/2026 10:09:00 AM (No. 2054748)
Sorry for added post. #7 the Biden people did have regulations also for toilet paper.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mc squared 1/14/2026 10:12:28 AM (No. 2054750)
While this is a win, it reinforces that fact that there' nothing the Democrats won't do to make life tougher and less enjoyable? Shower heads?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: anniebc 1/14/2026 10:35:58 AM (No. 2054773)
I'm betting that the bidens and obamas have the best shower heads money can buy in their multiple mansions. They could probably produce electricity from their showers.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DiegoDude 1/14/2026 10:52:18 AM (No. 2054785)
Wow! Maybe now, I can have a shower head with more pressure than I have peeing.
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