Permanent Sunlight: The Rise of the Sunshine Protection Act The US House rules committee has voted to advance the Sunshine Protection Act, bringing the country one step closer to making daylight saving time permanent.
This bipartisan bill, sponsored by Representative Vern Buchanan, aims to eliminate the bi annual ritual of changing clocks.
Introduced during World War I as a measure to conserve energy, daylight saving time was initially seen as a necessary evil.