The US House voted Tuesday to pass a measure to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country, springing Congress forward into an issue that has long stumped lawmakers and spurred impassioned pleas by parents, farmers and others with sharply divergent views.

It will now head to the Senate for approval before going to the president for his signature — though its chances in the upper chamber remain unclear.

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[–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

One of very few things that administration has done right

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    It was tried. They made DST permanent in Jan. 1974. It was repealed in Oct. 1974. Fastest I've ever heard of Congress fixing some shit it was so unpopular.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago*

    Yes, they should have stuck with standard time instead of DST. OTOH, the thing everyone complained about was their kids having to walk to and from school in the dark. Now no one walks to school any more, so that doesn't apply (yes believe it or not most kids used to walk or ride their bike to and from school back then, unless it was too far and they rode the bus).

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