In May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee ‌voted 48-1 in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously in March 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent but the House never took up the measure in the face ​of opposition. The proposal the House will consider next week would allow states ​to opt out.

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    13 days ago

    When I was in 1st and 2nd grade, maybe even 3rd (early 80s) we were learning everything metric. But by the time I was in middle school we were having to relearn everything in standard.

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      13 days ago

      We mostly didn’t learn about grams and ounces till highschool, but some Lebowski Overachievers figured it out in middle school…