Posted on 03/04/2023 3:12:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and end the tiresome, twice-a-year adjusting of the clocks.
“This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid,” Rubio said. “Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support. This Congress, I hope that we can finally get it done.”
A previous version of the bill, known as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, unanimously passed in the Senate last year but languished in the House of Representatives for months.
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I’d rather that standard time be made permanent.
Perhaps the most useful thing he has done.
LOL not far from the truth.
Get it done, Marco. You have to some accomplishment that will give you a positive legacy.
How about we split it? Half the year it’s standard, and the other half . . .
Oh, wait.
Just pick one for crying out loud.
For the life of me I can’t think of a thing he’s done.
I’ve always heard conflicting things, as to whether daylight time saves energy or not. That’s supposed to be one reason to have daylight time.
He prevented Charlie Crist from becoming a Senator.
I agree. If they make dst permanent, get used to the sun coming up at 8:30am in the winter. If they make standard time permanent, sunrise at 4:30am in the summer. Unless people think they are getting an extra hour of daylight in the winter. In that case, they’re idiots.
Hours and minutes are so, like, Babylonian.
Just pick one.
It’s all about controlling sheep
it’s about time...
All the problems in the world solved so now Congress takes on day light saving time.
Makes sense to me.
Bad idea. But it’s good to know that everything else is squared away in Washington so they can spend time on this.
If they made Daylight Saving Time permanent, everybody would eventually get used it, though of course there are some people that would pitch and moan about anything. But nobody ever gets used to setting their stupid clocks back and forward twice a year. It’s moronic. I’d say good riddance.
Keep standard time.
I prefer daylight time, but I would be fine with springing forward only 1/2 hour and just leaving it there for good. Something for everybody.
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