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“Almost everyone agrees that changing the clock twice a year doesn’t make sense,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz said at the hearing.
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Supporters of remaining on daylight saving time argue it would lead to brighter evenings and more economic activity during the winter months.
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A Senate committee heard from several experts Thursday on setting a year-round time standard instead of switching back and forth with daylight saving time. President Trump recently called it a "50/50 issue,
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As summer fades into autumn, most Australian states and territories will set their clocks back an hour as daylight saving time ends and standard time resumes. About one-third of the world also adjust their clocks seasonally, moving forward in spring and back in autumn (remember: spring forward; fall back).
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Why do clocks go forward – and could daylight saving time be scrapped?The clocks go forward at 1am on the last Sunday in March. This year that will be on March 30. BST – or daylight saving time (DST) – lasts until the final Sunday in October, when the clocks go back an hour. Early risers will notice darker mornings ...
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Scott Yates, founder of the Stop the Clock Movement, testified that the decades-old practice disrupts daily life and should end. “It’s something that we’ve been stuck with since World War I, and this is our opportunity to finally fix it,” Yates said.
“With all thy getting, get understanding." In the U.S. we change clocks twice a year, either by setting them forward or backward an hour. There’s a movement afoot to do away with Daylight ...
In 1957, rockabilly singer Bob Ehret repeated, “We’ve got to stop the clock, baby; to spend more time with you” — and in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers from both sides