More on Daylight Saving Time Extension

I've been catching up on some reading and came across this July ABC News article on the Daylight Saving Time changes coming in 2007.

Michael Downing, quoted in this article, also wrote a New York Times Op-Ed piece while I was away. It's no longer available to read without a fee, but he mentioned in his column that in some locales the sun won't rise until 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. during the weeks added on to Daylight Saving Time.

What is Congress thinking?!