Forget rose-colored glasses. U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack is viewing the world through green-tinted lenses.

The Democratic congressman has been wearing the hued goggles since he first introduced his green schools initiative during last Congress. The bill stalled in the Senate at the time.

The reintroduced legislation passed the House 275-155, with 24 Republicans on board, Thursday afternoon.

Loebsack, a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, said he is working with Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a fellow Democrat, to get the bill passed there. The congressman said he modeled the legislation on a grants program Harkin put in place to help schools modernize.

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