The Senate gave itself a pat on the back earlier this week when senators voted without objection to make daylight saving time permanent. But Congress repealed a similar law in the 1970s before the two-year experiment was even up.
In the early 1970s, America was facing an energy crisis so the government tried an experiment. Congress passed a law to make daylight saving time permanent year round, but just for two years. The thinking was more sunlight in the evening would reduce the nation’s energy consumption.“It became very unpopular very quickly,” he told NPR.
“Today the Senate has finally delivered on something Americans all over the country want: to never have to change their clocks again,” enthused Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on the Senate floor. Dr. Beth Malow, a neurologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, also testified. She agreed that it would be healthier for Americans to stop changing their clocks, but she thinks permanent standard time is a better choice.
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