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Rachel Leingang

Bill to make daylight saving time permanent passes US House vote: ‘Americans are tired of the clock change’

a closeup view of a clock
The House rules committee approved the rule to advance the bill on a 6-4 vote on Monday. Photograph: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would end the practice of changing clocks twice a year and make daylight saving time permanent.

The bid to end clock-changing, dubbed the Sunshine Protection Act, has bipartisan support, including the backing of Donald Trump and some Democratic co-sponsors. Following the 308-117 tally in the House, the bill next goes to the Senate.

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