House Republicans: Down with squiggly light bulbs

WASHINGTON — How many gov­ern­ment bureau­crats does it take to screw in a light bulb? A lot of House Repub­li­cans think the answer should be “none.” They say the gov­ern­ment should just stay out of it. To them, those new­fan­gled curly flu­o­res­cent light bulbs are the last straw, another exam­ple of an over­reach­ing gov­ern­ment that’s forc­ing peo­ple to buy health insur­ance, prod­ding them to get more fuel-efficient cars and stick­ing its nose into too many places it doesn’t belong.