Daylight time forever? U.S. 'springs forward' toward making it happen

This item is part of Watching Washington, a regular dispatch from CBC News correspondents reporting on U.S. politics and developments that affect Canadians. 

Imagine never again having to recite that twice-annual reminder about adjusting the clock: Spring forward, fall back.

Well, Canada, it might finally happen.

North America has just taken a major, erm, spring forward toward eliminating the twice-a-year change to our clocks.

What’s new

One of the two chambers of the United States Congress has passed a bill that would make permanent daylight time, which is currently in place from March through November. 

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed the bill