Are federal policymakers really poised to make daylight saving time permanent? It’s a distinct possibility, though we’ve been at this point before.
Ordinarily, when the Senate is moving toward a vote on a high-profile issue, there are weeks, if not months, of contentious debate. Capitol Hill hearings are held, op-eds are written, cable news segments are produced, and polls are conducted to measure public attitudes. It’s just how our policymaking process tends to unfold. But once in a great while, senators agree to skip all of that and agree to a big change quickly. NBC News reported: This was a surprisingly bipartisan move: The Senate bill’s list of co-sponsors was almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, which helped clear the way for a floor process in which any individual member could’ve blocked the bill, but no one did.
