Congress takes next step to make daylight saving time permanent

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Image source, Getty ImagesByNardine SaadUpdated 2 hours agoThe US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday.
With a 308-117 vote, members of both parties approved the bill, which would remove the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the US under time currently observed between March and November - known as permanent standard time.
Republican Scott DesJarlais, who presided over the vote, played a clip of The Beatles' Here Comes the Sun on his phone during the final countThe time-change iss

Image source, Getty ImagesByNardine SaadUpdated 2 hours agoThe US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday.
With a 308-117 vote, members of both parties approved the bill, which would remove the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the US under time currently observed between March and November - known as permanent standard time.

Republican Scott DesJarlais, who presided over the vote, played a clip of The Beatles' Here Comes the Sun on his phone during the final countThe time-change iss

Sources: BBC News, The Independent