Here comes the sun: Senate agrees on permanent daylight saving time

If we can get this passed, we don't have to do this anymore.

As he made his request, Sen. Sinema exclaimed, "Oh, I love it."

Some senators had objected to the proposal in the past, but all of them melted away in the end, according to Sen. Whitehouse. He said the bill's backers tried to get it done once the clocks had changed. It was more timely because of it.

The drama is not over yet. Whitehouse has not received an assurance from Pelosi on the permanent-DST bill's future in the House. "This is an idea whose time has come, and I hope colleagues across the Capitol will act quickly on it," he said.

The implementation of the legislation would be delayed until November of 2023 to accommodate industries in the transportation sector that already have schedules set. The Senate would need to take further action to change the bill's implementation date.

The senator said he had reservations about the bill on behalf of northern states that would be affected by the shifted schedule. He said that he would not stand in the way.

It's great for Florida. They are in the right latitude and right longitude. I worry about the kids in Minnesota and Nebraska and Montana who are going to catch the school bus in the dark.

Congress tried to make daylight saving time permanent in the 1970s, but reversed course after widespread public opposition.

If the House acts on the measure, it will get to President Joe Biden's desk and he will be able to sign it. One person familiar with the matter said there was no agreement between the two sides at the moment, but that they were close.

The bill just passed this afternoon and we are reviewing it closely, said Carlos Paz, Pelosi's spokesman.

The issue briefly came up at a meeting of House Democratic leaders on Tuesday afternoon, but Pelosi did not specifically weigh in on a path forward, according to two people present.

The idea has gained steam in the decades that the majority leader has been in Congress, but the system has never changed.

How are people going to feel when they put their kids out on the street to catch the school bus in the morning in December?

I don't have strong feelings either way, but I like daylight savings time.

There will be immense pressure on both parties to move; Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said that since he joined the bill as a co-sponsor, his office's phones have been ringing off the hook.

Americans want more sunshine and less depression, according to Sen. Patty Murray.