House GOP resurrects Trump's plan for year-round daylight saving time - WaPo

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House Republicans will try again to extend daylight saving time, seeking to end the nation’s semiannual clock changes — and deliver on a priority for President Donald Trump. The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday is set to propose adopting the Sunshine Protection Act, committee staff confirmed to The Washington Post. That legislation would allow states to adopt year-round daylight saving time and end the practice of changing clocks.

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The GOP-led committee is expected to add the Sunshine Protection Act to a larger legislative package that reauthorizes surface transportation programs and vote on it later this week. If Republicans stick together, the measure would advance to the House floor. The bill’s backers have a champion in Trump, who has repeatedly called for year-round daylight saving time, a move that would require Congress to act.

But the fight over how Americans set their clocks, and when they must do it, has not broken down along typical party lines. Republicans and Democrats, mostly from the coasts, have called for year-round daylight saving time, saying that permanently advancing the clocks one hour and never “falling back” would allow more people to enjoy sunshine and avoid the frustrations involved with time changes.

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Lawmakers from the middle of the country have often balked, however, saying that their residents would disproportionately suffer from late sunrises thanks to the drawing of state lines. In cities such as Detroit and Indianapolis, the sun would rise after 9 a.m. in the middle of the winter.

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Some sleep-medicine physicians have panned the idea of daylight saving time altogether and have said that staying on year-round standard time would be healthier and more aligned with humans’ natural circadian rhythms.

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[Cheezoholic]

1. Sign me up as 365 STANDARD time. He wants DST for his golf courses n/t

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. It's the only thing that piece of shit gets right.

Although it's for selfish reasons.

Still, it would be so much better to have more daylight time AFTER work than in the morning before work.

I hope this finally happens and we can stay on it.

[question everything]

4. For individuals working outdoor having more cool hours in the morning is easier

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. True, I take my dogs to run a lot earlier

in the summer. I don't need to have to get up at 4am to beat the sun, and anyone working outside probably feels the same.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. That's a no from me.

In the middle if winter, I’ll be at work an hour before fhe sun even rises. Getting up in the dark sucks.

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. I agree, and same here.

But being dark before I get home sucks worse. It's better to have daylight in leisure hours, not while I'm in the shower and getting ready to leave. If I'm indoors, daylight is wasted.

[Happy Hoosier]

22. I am usually indoors in the winter, but...

... light coming through the window in the morning signals it's the morning. By the afternoon, I could not care les if it's life. Purely a psychological thing. Getting up in the dark feels like punishment to me, and I am not yet retired, so I have limited options!

[Amishman]

19. This. At higher latitudes, it makes sense

In summer - with DST - the sun is up at 5:30AM where I am. Permanent standard time and that becomes 4:30AM. Fuuuuuuck that.

In winter - without DST - the sun rises at 7am. Permanent DST means that's at 8am. Fuuuuuuck that too.

Turning the clocks forward and back is a pain, but it makes sense for the northern half of the country.

[anciano]

3. I prefer standard time....

I like to enjoy a sunrise 🌞 with my morning coffee ☕

[mzmolly]

11. Ditto!

[dweller]

8. OH THANK GODS

Repugs have prioritized the most important issue facing America right now !
Gas prices should come down now !
Groceries should be cheaper !
Housing abundant !
Healthcare for all !!
And all because of SUNSHINE !1!

well cool … can we have solar power too ?

uhhh , nope





✌🏻

[diane in sf]

9. I want my extended daylight in the evening.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Didn't we try this in the 70s?

Parents complained little kids had to walk to school (or wait at the bus stop) in pitch dark.

[FascismIsDeath]

12. I'm all for this. The perception of just slightly longer days in winter would do wonders for seasonal depression.

Given that a lot of people are on the artificial 9-5 grind, getting off work during the darkest of winter and its already night time is utter hell.

[Happy Hoosier]

15. Getting up 2 hours before sunrise is far worse, IMO. NT

[sir pball]

18. *laughs in runner*

(IYKYK)

[Happy Hoosier]

20. Not me, but I have a buddy who is a serious runner.

He gets up before the crack of dawn. I don't get the appeal.

[sir pball]

21. It's less about the actual sunrise

And more about getting a ~2 hour workout in before you have to start your day.

We are kind of crazy, I'll admit that

[Jerry2144]

13. If only the Earth were flat

then we wouldn't need daylight saving time.

If we stayed on standard time, our sunrise would be about 04:30 in July. If we stayed daylight time, sunrise would be about 08:20 in December. Neither one is ideal.

Time is an illusion.*


*Lunchtime, doubly so.

[multigraincracker]

14. Sure, just call it Epstein Daylight Protection Time.

[valleyrogue]

16. Actually, I would be in favor of this.

However, the current setup is a good compromise, with most of the year being on DST. It is great for those of us who work all day and like the extra daylight afterwards. When year-round DST was tried fifty years ago, during the Nixon administration, many parents got upset because their children had to walk to school or wait for the bus in the dark. In other words, it was safety concerns for children. That was the reason it was scuttled. It wasn't because of energy savings or lack of them.

[WinningAgain]

17. I just want us to stop messing with time.

You can't reset a sundial.

[City Lights]

23. Ick. I prefer standard time year round. nt