by Dorothy Philbin | CNBNews Contributor

The United States Senate has passed a bill submitted by Sen. Marco Rubio (R, FL) to make Daylight Savings Time permanent.  Sen. Rubio made some valid points in his bill.  During the standard time when evening comes at 5:00 p.m. crime rate is higher, people become depressed due to Seasonal Affective Disorder and for an unknown reason, people have more heart attacks.  There is also the hope, optimistically, that with more daylight kids will spend more time outside getting exercise.

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