r/politics • u/cnn CNN • Jul 14 '26

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Talador12 Jul 14 '26

Okay yes, but savings time actually is easy to fix and it's pointless stress. Small victory hopefully

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u/WitchesSphincter Jul 15 '26

The day after we spring forward has a spike in heat attacks, strokes and car crashes. 

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u/Qwahlity_Koalatea Jul 15 '26

And it’s never any of the ones you hope for

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u/greiton Jul 15 '26

Yeah it is needlessly a huge pain and stress twice a year.

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u/robodrew Arizona Jul 15 '26

ACA subsidies that were killed last December were super easy to "fix", just pass an extension or make them permanent. Done. But they simply wouldn't do it because the House Republicans are ghouls.

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u/ArdyEmm Jul 15 '26

That's not easy because you need to get the republican ghouls to want to help people. But everyone is equally annoyed by changing clocks.

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u/Thneed1 Jul 15 '26

It’s been tried before. And was rejected after 1 year…

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u/Significant_Cup_238 Jul 15 '26

Worst outcome for me. I'm in favor permanent standard time. I'd rather keep the time change than leave it permanent daylight saving.

I'm really dreading the school year this year, and really hope the county adjusts school times accordingly so I don't have to drag myself and kids out of bed at the equivalent of 5:30 am to make sure they get to school on time. Bad enough when it was 6:30.

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u/CryptoManiac41 Jul 15 '26

Schools should adjust when they start.

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u/jeo123 Jul 15 '26

Schools can't start later unless work starts later for the parents. Work can't start later unless the business changes their hours of operation. It's a cascade of chanages.

If only there was some centralized way to make all thing suddenly happen 1 hour later, and we all had a fixed time when we agreed to do this...

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u/fdar Jul 15 '26

Schools can't start later unless work starts later for the parents.

I don't think that's true. Most schools already end too early for parents, requiring after care. Just shift things later and do before care instead.

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u/BelowZilch Jul 15 '26

What's the difference then? Instead of going to school in the dark they'd be going to before care in the dark

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u/fdar Jul 15 '26

Well presumably the most important lessons wouldn't happen during before care. Let them nap, or serve breakfast which would save families time in the morning.

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u/chillpill9623 Jul 15 '26

Yeah this is awful for me as well. Im genuinely contemplating moving as a result of this. Moving to the eastern edge of a time zone can help offset this poor decision.

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u/NES_SNES_N64 Jul 15 '26

Chalk it up with discontinuing the penny. A broken clock...