We have a winner!! GOP Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan wins trophy for stupidest bill name

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Headline:  New York Times, 7/28/2026

Lynne Peeples reports:

The name of the House bill “gives the illusion that you’re increasing the amount of light,” said Jamie Zeitzer, co-director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences at Stanford University. “But you’re not. You’re just changing when the light occurs.” 

In Seattle, for example, permanent daylight saving time would push sunrise past 8:30 a.m. for roughly 10 weeks each winter. Permanent standard time would bring sunrise before 4:30 a.m. for about two months each summer.

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CORRECTION:  Daylight Saving Time does not shorten winter days; it simply shifts the time when daylight occurs.  (7/15/2026)