The U.S. House of Representatives voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday.

By a vote of 308 to 117, members of both parties approved the bill, which would eliminate the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the United States under the time currently observed between March and November, known as permanent standard time.

Now that the House has passed the legislation, the Senate could soon take up its version of the bill. However, its future there is uncertain.

The BBC spoke to people in Washington DC about their stance on ending the twice-yearly clock change.

Read more about the proposed schedule change here.

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