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Permanent daylight saving time: The clock is ticking in Congress

‘Spring forward’ and ‘fall back’ irk many Americans, but they don’t agree on an alternative

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March 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EST
The Ohio Clock near the Senate Chamber in the Capitol. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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Once again, Americans will set their clocks forward an hour this Sunday — teeing up more evening sunshine but also a few days of confused circadian rhythms, missed appointments and groggy mornings from coast to coast.

And once again, the lawmaker dubbed the “Sun King” is vowing that this can be the year that Congress ends the nation’s much-maligned, twice-yearly time changes.