After years of false starts, Congress is finally within reach of ending one of the most universally hated rituals in American life: changing the clocks twice a year.
The House Rules Committee voted 6-4 Monday to advance Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan’s Sunshine Protection Act to the full House floor, teeing up a chamber-wide vote on making daylight saving time permanent nationwide.
‘Ridiculous, twice-yearly production.’
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States such as Hawaii and Arizona, which already skip the twice-yearly changeover, would keep their exemptions.
President Donald Trump has backed the bill, calling the current system a “ridiculous, twice-yearly production” and predicting that passing it would be a win for Republicans.
It’s been a long time coming. Then-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) first introduced the Sunshine Protection Act back in 2018 and kept pushing
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