Some have questioned why I blame Republicans for Daylight Saving Time. The same reason we can blame them for practically everything. Although Republicans have a majority in both houses of Congress and could therefore pass a bill to abolish Daylight Saving Time, that is not the reason. The Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency for over four years when Bush was president. They could have abolished Daylight Saving Time and 50,000 other things. Instead, they expanded Daylight Saving Time when they passed the Energy Policy Act. The Republican vote in the House was 200-31. In the Senate it was 49-6. Ron Paul voted no, of course.

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