Article 770FP Daylight saving time is a step closer to becoming permanent in the US

Daylight saving time is a step closer to becoming permanent in the US

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Emma Roth
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The US is getting closer to observing daylight saving time year-round. On Tuesday, the House advanced the Sunshine Protection Act on a 308 to 117 vote, which would turn clocks one hour ahead permanently, as reported by CBS News.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social in May that the bill would save the "hundreds of millions of dollars" spent by people, cities, and states that have to change their clocks. "It's time that people can stop worrying about the 'Clock, not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production," Trump said.

In 2013, the American Enterprise Institute estimated the "op ...

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