Permanent daylight saving bill gets bipartisan push in Congress - MSNBC Reports

[Rhiannon12866]

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has renewed the bipartisan push to make daylight saving time permanent across the country. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports some experts say this could lead to less seasonal depression, more productivity and less crime in the evening hours. - Aired on 03/03/2023.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Hurray!!!!!!! And

fuck him for everything else.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Rubio's co-sponsor on the Sunshine Protection Act was Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. Whitehouse is great,

He must really hate having to be associated with an asshole like Rubio to get this done

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Granted, but he was wise enough to rise above that to get it done, it's that important

[Meadowoak]

2. I hope it passes.

[elleng]

4. Coming soon ! Sun, Mar 12, 2023 2:00 AM -

Sun, Nov 5, 2023 2:00 AM

[LisaM]

5. Ugh.

I like it the way it is. I hate dark mornings.

[Cha]

10. I have lots of relatives & friends

on the East Coast and I like it when there's only 5 hours difference.

In Hawaii our hours never change.

I hear you on the Dark mornings.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I did know that.

My previous job was providing the TV listings for the newspapers - which was nationwide. And it drove us nutz during the time change since it's not only Hawaii which doesn't change, but certain others areas - in Arizona and parts of Michigan, I think - and it was damn confusing! I'm all for making Daylight Savings Time permanent, too!

[OnDoutside]

7. Good, if that passes then it's more likely the EU will finally follow suit.

[MagaSmash]

9. You got my bipartisan support.

[central scrutinizer]

11. Here's what we're facing if it doesn't pass

[SheltieLover]

12. Long overdue!

Kudos to Whitehouse for having a strong stomach!

[tornado34jh]

14. Honestly, I think it should be the other way around, permanent standard time

Keep it on standard time throughout the year. Most countries don't change clocks, and the further north in latitude you go, the less it makes sense to have DST. Here in Lakeland, without DST during the summer solstice, the sun would set at around 7:30 pm EST, and it still wouldn't get really dark until just after 8 pm.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. I'm all for having it remain light as long as possible

I have some night blindness and I have driving in the dark, plus it's depressing!

[tornado34jh]

17. Florida is further west in longitude than many other states in the ET zone

When it is DST, it is the same time as Puerto Rico, and it doesn't really match the solar time. Puerto Rico is 10-15 degrees further east in longitude than in Florida, and is in the Atlantic time zone (1 hour ahead).

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Yikes! Like I said, it's unnecessarily confusing!

[tornado34jh]

23. Really only Maine would have a good argument to stay in permanent DST

As soon as you get to New Brunswick in Canada, it is 1 hour ahead, but Maine is further east than any other state in the continental US yet still uses Eastern Time. In some parts, it is so far east, that if you were to sail/fly south along the line of longitude until you reached land, you wouldn't see any land until you reached Puerto Rico. So again, Maine really would be the only state that I could see have an argument for wanting to switch to Atlantic Standard Time Zone (i.e. have permanent DST)

[friend of a friend]

15. Nice thing about being retired is it doesn't matter.

[Hassler]

19. It failed once before about 50 years ago. Maybe this time will be different.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. This time it did have bipartisan support - sponsored by Sens. Whitehouse and Rubio

An odd duo, certainly, but hoping that this works!

[republianmushroom]

21. Why not just start everything an hour earlier and stop messing with the clock.

[tornado34jh]

22. I think the solution is simple

Instead of doing DST, keep in standard time throughout the whole year just like Hawaii and most of Arizona does.