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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nemo on March 15, 2022, 04:49:56 PM
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Seems Congress just might do it this year.
Nemo
https://www.axios.com/daylight-saving-time-bill-senate-e391d97a-1a88-40eb-a42f-f8eb30f32136.html (https://www.axios.com/daylight-saving-time-bill-senate-e391d97a-1a88-40eb-a42f-f8eb30f32136.html)
2 hours ago - Politics & Policy
Senate passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
Sophia Cai, Andrew Solender
he Senate passed a measure that would make Daylight Savings Time permanent across the U.S.
Why it matters: If the legislation clears the House and is signed into law by President Biden, it will mean Americans will no longer have to change their clocks twice a year.
The details: The bill?the Sunshine Protection Act co-sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)?was passed by unanimous consent.
It would make Daylight Savings time permanent in 2023.
The big picture: Health groups have called for an end to the seasonal shifting of clocks, a ritual first adopted in the U.S. more than a century ago.
At a house hearing last week, health experts cited sleep deprivation and health problems as negative effects associated with changing clocks.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans want to stop changing their clocks, according to a 2021 Economist/YouGov poll.
What they're saying: "No more dark afternoons in the winter. No more losing an hour of sleep every spring. We want more sunshine during our most productive waking hours," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wa.) said on the Senate floor after the passage of the bill.
But, but, but: In the 1970s ? the last time Congress made Daylight Savings Time permanent ? the decision was reversed in less than a year after the early morning darkness proved dangerous for school children and public sentiment changed.
What's next: Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) will be leading a letter to Speaker Pelosi calling for immediate House passage of his bill, the Sunshine Protection Act, Axios has learned.
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Only government could believe that you could take a blanket, cut a foot off the top, sew it to the bottom, and end up with a longer blanket.
Best way to describe DST
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Ever since I was a child, I thought daylight savings time was the dumbest damned thing ever invented. Why didn't they just say that starting on a certain day, you just get your ass up earlier and start your workday one hour earlier and end your workday one hour earlier? Daylight savings time was my earliest point in life when I realized that our Government are a bunch of dumbasses. I haven't changed my opinion since. :faint:
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There are more and more states getting away from it. I am all in favor!
With that written, the world is going to pot and our legislatures are working on DST. Just like what FF wrote, Only government could believe that you could take a blanket, cut a foot off the top, sew it to the bottom, and end up with a longer blanket. :lmfao: :cheers: