The bi-annual changing of the clocks takes place this Sunday, but some federal lawmakers hope it's the last time we “spring forward” as they push to make daylight saving time permanent.
, which was surprisingly approved by a unanimous vote in the Senate last year but wasn't voted on by the House.
The bill would eliminate the changing of clocks and “if enacted, the U.S. would not ‘fall back’ in November and would enjoy a full year of DST, instead of only eight months,” according to aIt’s unclear if Congress will take up the legislation again but both bills have been referred to committees. The offices of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not immediately return a request for comment.
Health groups have called for an end to the seasonal shifting of clocks, a ritual first adopted in the U.S. more than a century ago. The switch to daylight saving time “carries many health and accident risks and is misaligned with human circadian biology,” said theThe change affects sleep schedules and canMore than two-thirds of Americans want to stop changing their clocks, according to a
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