Congress wants to party like it’s 1974 — the last time permanent daylight savings failed in ‘pitch black’ mornings

The House passed a bill to establish permanent daylight saving time, mirroring a previous attempt from 1974 to 1975. That original experiment, enacted by President Nixon via the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act, aimed to save fuel following the 1973 Arab oil embargo. However, the earlier measure was repealed after only ten months due to significant public backlash regarding pitch black mornings, a challenge the current legislative effort now faces again.