The plan, which came in a bill passed by Congress in 2005 and enacted in 2007, was primarily a way to save energy (extending daylight saving time in theory meant less time needing lights in the ...

THE SUBJECT OF extending daylight saving time leads grown congressmen to come out with such lines as, “It just makes everyone feel sunnier.” An amendment to set the clocks forward earlier in ...

"Does Extending Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from an Australian Experiment" offers a detailed look at what happened in one of the two states in Australia that stretched out DST by ...

March-November The House, in approving a massive energy bill that covers more than 1,000 pages, would extend daylight saving to the first Sunday in March and to the last Sunday in November.

A Florida lawmaker wants to extend daylight saving time year round for the Sunshine State. State Sen. Darren Soto, a Democrat, has introduced the "Sunshine Protection Act" to make daylight saving ...

Joe Barton, R-Arlington, who was chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, included the provision to extend daylight saving time in an attempt to save energy by letting people take ...

WASHINGTON – House and Senate negotiators agreed yesterday to extend daylight-saving time by four weeks as part of a sweeping energy bill. The provision is designed to save energy, but Rep.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate has approved a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to put the country permanently on daylight saving time. Resolution sponsor Sen. Kristina Roegner is a ...