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In 2022, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to make daylight saving time permanent, but the legislation stalled in the U.S. House. On March 2, 2023, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced theSunshine Protection Act of 2023to the 118th Congress, but it has idled since then. H...
There has certainly been legislation proposedon the state and federal levels that would end our twice-a-year dance with the clock. However, the latest effort, the one that was pushed in Congress in 2023 is currently "under advisement" with members of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Commerce...
Congress passed a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the federal holiday to Veterans’ Day. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. In 1971 President Nixon declared...
"This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid. Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support. This Congress, I hope that we can finally get this done," Rubio, a Republican,said in a statement. Rep. Vern Buchanan, also a Republican from Florida, introduced similar...
According to the SIPC, “although not every investor or transaction is protected by SIPC, no fewer than 99 percent of persons who are eligible get their investments back with the help of SIPC. From its creation by Congress in 1970 through 2023 SIPC advanced $3.1 billion in order to make po...
What Social Security looks like after 2033 will be determined by Congress rather than opinion polls. In the past, lawmakers have opted to increase payroll tax rates and, much less frequently, to raise the age of eligibility for benefits, in order to ensure the program's solvency. ...
In Lawless' view, "the number one thing Congress should do is make it possible to pay your Chapter 7 attorney over time, so we don't have people filing Chapter 13 when they don't need to." Return to pre-COVID numbers Personal bankruptcy filings averaged about 750,000 a year before CO...
Remember, Congress passed a law that requires the IRS to HOLD all tax refunds that include the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) until February 15, 2025, regardless of how early the tax return was filed. So, if you file on the first day, you might...
End users and first responders alike warned Congress about this. Our concerns went unheeded. In response, more than a dozen private companies and other industry stakeholders partnered as the Drone Advocacy Alliance (DAA) to recognize that drone user voices were being left out of important conversati...