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House votes to undo showerhead rules Trump has blamed for harming hairdo

By Maydeen Merino

Published January 13, 2026 6:19pm ET

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House votes to undo showerhead rules Trump has blamed for harming hairdo — Water flows from a showerhead on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Portland, Ore. The Trump administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow. But consumer and conservation groups said the Department of Energy’s proposed loosening of a 28-year-old energy law is unnecessary and wasteful, especially as the West bakes through a historic two-decade-long megadrought. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would ease limits on showerhead water flow, adding to Republican efforts to roll back energy efficiency standards imposed during the Biden administration.

The House voted 226-197 to pass the SHOWER Act, which was sponsored by Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC). The bill would codify Trump’s executive order meant to soften federal rules limiting the flow of water through showerheads.

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