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James Lankford cites a veteran as partial reason for recommitting to Sunshine Protection Act, which has already passed in Senate

Archived version: https://archive.ph/QhlaG

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Not to mention how it would basically break the universal time zone system

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Congress should really have an office of a few science nerds to give quick answers for things like this. Similar to the office of accountants they have to check how much things will cost.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Not really. Permanent DST is just being bumped forward of time zone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

How would it break time zones? You do realize that just in the US, Arizona and parts of Indiana do not participate in DST.