Why Hasn't the US Ended Daylight Saving Time?

In March the U.S. Senate passed a measure making Daylight Saving Time permanent. Unfortunately, the U.S. House of Representatives has failed to do the same, reports the Washington Post:Key senators who backed permanent daylight saving time say they're mystified that their effort appears doomed, and frustrated that they will probably have to start over in the next Congress. At least 19 states in recent years have enacted laws or passed resolutions that would allow them to impose year-round daylight saving time - but only if Congress approves legislation to stop the nation's twice-per-year time changes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.... "We know that the majority of Americans do not want to keep switching the clocks back and forth," Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said in a statement to The Post, adding that she had received calls arguing in favor of both sides. Permanent standard time advocates don't want children to wait in dark winter mornings for a school bus; permanent daylight saving time proponents want to help businesses enjoy more sunshine during operating hours, she said. A congressional aide who has been working on the issue put it more bluntly: "We'd be pissing off half the country no matter what," said the aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations.... Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and other lawmakers have said they're waiting on the Transportation Department, which helps govern enforcement of time zones, to review the effects of permanently changing the clocks. While the transportation agency in September agreed to conduct a study, the due date for that analysis - Dec. 31, 2023 - suggests that the issue may not get serious consideration in Congress again until 2024 at the earliest.

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