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US Senators Make New Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
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A group of 12 bipartisan senators, led by Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Marco Rubio, are making a new legislative effort to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-annual changing of clocks. In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would have made daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, but it was never voted on in the House of Representatives. On Friday, the senators reintroduced the legislation just ahead of the resumption of daylight saving time. Supporters argue that not putting back the clocks in autumn would enable children to play outdoors later and reduce seasonal depression, while critics say it would force many children to go to school in the dark. President Joe Biden has not taken a position on the issue. The bill would allow Arizona and Hawaii, which do not observe daylight saving time, to remain on standard time, as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
#DaylightSavingTime #UsSenate #Legislation #EdMarkey #MarcoRubio
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/reuters/20240310-173753/
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A group of 12 bipartisan senators, led by Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Marco Rubio, are making a new legislative effort to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-annual changing of clocks. In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would have made daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, but it was never voted on in the House of Representatives. On Friday, the senators reintroduced the legislation just ahead of the resumption of daylight saving time. Supporters argue that not putting back the clocks in autumn would enable children to play outdoors later and reduce seasonal depression, while critics say it would force many children to go to school in the dark. President Joe Biden has not taken a position on the issue. The bill would allow Arizona and Hawaii, which do not observe daylight saving time, to remain on standard time, as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
#DaylightSavingTime #UsSenate #Legislation #EdMarkey #MarcoRubio
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/reuters/20240310-173753/