Permanent daylight saving time: The clock is ticking in Congress

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“Spring forward” and “fall back” irk many Americans, but they don’t agree on an alternative. The lawmaker dubbed the “Sun King” is vowing that this can be the year that Congress ends the nation’s much-maligned, twice-yearly time changes.

on lobbyists, for instance, from so-called Big Sleep, the sleep medicine doctors who warn that too much daylight would disrupt our circadian rhythms, and who seek“Since the events in Congress last spring around daylight saving time, we have met with the offices of dozens of legislators to discuss restoring permanent standard time, with most of them being open and interested in the issue,” Melissa Clark of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine wrote in an email.

Northeastern Democrats have joined with Southern Republicans; Californians with Carolinians. The tradition stretches back decades, driven by self-interest — daylight saving time in the winter “The rural congressmen were just telling me that the cows want to wake up on God’s time — and I would just tell them that the cows actually don’t have any idea what time it is,”Markey’s side eventually won out: Most Americans now live with daylight saving time for 240 days per year — nearly eight months.

last year, or who mistakenly believe Congress ended the time change and are set to wake up tired and frustrated next week, to lean“This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid,” Rubio said in a statement. “This Congress, I hope that we can finally get this done.”Neither chamber of Congress has a majorityKey congressional leaders whose committees would need to review the bill remain publicly undecided.

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