- Congress efforts to stop the change in clocks So far, has exclusively called you to spend summer time, potentially a boon for leisure suppliers such as golf courses. The thrust for normal, however, took up Steam with the supporters of the Secretary of Health and Social Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who promised to “make America again healthy”.
There is a large agreement in Washington that changes clocks in spring and fall is unnecessary nuisance. There are, however, a lot of debates among lobbyists and special interest groups, however, if a permanent passage towards standard or day -to -day savings time is the best choice for the health of Americans and the national economy.
President Donald Trump, on the other hand, seems to have changed his air. After declaring that the congress should “eliminate the summer time” in December 2024, he called the opposite move earlier this month, a day after a Senate audience On the question chaired by senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
“The room and the Senate should push hard for more daylight at the end of a day,” wrote Trump on Truth Social. “Very popular and, above all, no more clock changes, a big drawback and, for our government, a very expensive event !!!”
Summer time, which generally starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, involves setting clocks towards the front of an hour, which reveals more daylight during the hottest months of the year. The standard time, in fact in the other four months, aligns for solar time, which means that noon at the clock coincides with the sun striking its highest point in the sky.
Trump’s reversal was a disappointing development for Jay Pea, the founder and president of Save standard timeA non -profit organization managed by volunteers who work with sleep medicine groups to put pressure on the Congress and the legislatures of the States.
“We must try to show it that golf will always occur with standard time,” said Pea in an interview with Fortune. “And if we want to make Americans in good health, we need standard time.”
Pea said that the messaging of his organization has taken up Steam among the supporters of the Secretary of Health and Social Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who promised to “make America again healthy”.
“We have not yet succeeded in people at the top of the Maha [movement]”Said Pea.” I hope to turn her head soon. »»
Pois and other standard time defenders say that it is better for the circadian rhythms of people, or “biological clocks” and, therefore, public health and security, as well as productivity.
A recent Gallup poll Suggers suggest that most Americans are on board, with 54% of American adults saying that they are ready to get rid of the saving time of the day, against 40% who remain in favor of practice. In a question asked at various participants, 48% of Americans said they preferred to have standard time all year round. Meanwhile, only 24% and 19% of those questioned declared that they wanted respectively to permanent day -in -law time or preservation of the status quo.
Nevertheless, the efforts at the Congress to stop the change of clocks have so far called exclusively a passage at the summer time, based, in part, on the premises, the Americans would prefer an additional hour in the evening to spend time outside, shopping or otherwise enjoy the sun.
A push of the congress for summer time
Directed by the current Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a bipartite group of senators presented “Sunshine Protection Act” in 2021. Invoice Was transmitted by unanimous consent, which is generally used to accelerate routine procedure and uncontrollable procedure, but it blocked in the house. An update version Sponsored by Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) Was proposed in January.
Eighteen states have adopted legislation to institute summer time permanently if the congress acts, according to At the National Conference of States Legislatures, but many of these same constituencies are also currently considering bills which rather promote standard time. Under the current law, states only have the possibility of withdrawing from summer time, which Arizona and Hawaii did in the late 1960s.
“When I speak to the members of the Congress, there are many who tell me that they simply sponsor the Sunshine Act because it is the only bill they see,” said Pea. “If someone else would deposit an invoice for a standard time, he would also sponsor it.”
In addition to the legislative inertia, said Pea, another political challenge is the summer of the day of the association with the summer.
“But you can’t magic in summer in summer,” he said. “By changing your clock, you would only do winter more miserable, because it would take dark until 8:30 am or 9 [a.m] In many states.
The United States has briefly experienced permanent day-to-day savings time in 1974, President Richard Nixon signing a bill to keep energy consumption in the middle of the oil crisis. During the winter, however, the Americans have been to go to work or to the darkness, especially when the schoolchildren’s incidents are struck and killed by vehicles national news. In October 1974, President Gerald Ford had signed a bill to submit the United States in standard time for four months of the year.
Scott and Senate offices Fortune Comments. The same goes for Cruz’s office, which has not yet officially expressed his preference.
However, the arguments for daylight is time all year round, however, tend to underline the relationship between the sun and leisure spending. Jay Karen, CEO of National Association of Owners of Golf course,, said The senatorial committee eliminating the summer time, would cost installations estimated at $ 1.6 billion in green fees, or $ 162,000 per course. Make it permanent, on the other hand, would represent a rear wind of $ 1 billion for industry, he said.
Rubio and Murray argued in 2021 spur This economic activity dropped during standard hours. They refer to a study by JPMorgan Chase Institute, which find The daily expenses of the cards decreased by 3.5% in Los Angeles compared to Phoenix, where the clocks are not modified, within the month following the end of daylight.
The researchers had however framed their results differently from Rubio and Murray, showing a leap of derisory expenses when the clocks advanced in the spring.
“Our unprecedented vision of expenses at the start and at the end of [daylight saving time] Does not support the allegations of consumer spending for DST defenders, “they wrote in 2016.
However, the current debate at the Congress and the States Legislatures could simply start.
This story was initially presented on Fortune.com
