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Texas House votes to permanently stay on daylight saving time. But Congress won’t allow it — yet.

The chamber voted 138-5 on Wednesday to approve a bill that seeks to end the practice of changing clocks twice a year. But that doesn’t mean the measure has an easy path to reality.

The Texas Capitol just after sunset on Feb. 1, 2021.


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