Year-Round Daylight Saving Time? Trump Urges Senate to Make It Happen
The House passed the bill 308-117, but Senate support remains uncertain as lawmakers debate winter mornings and the next clock change approaches.
- On August 12, President Donald Trump urged the Senate to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide following the House's bipartisan 308-117 approval in July.
- Trump argued the current clock-changing system is "foolish, inconvenient and, in some cases, very costly," while noting that Americans are "sick and tired" of the twice-yearly practice.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune questioned whether the bill can reach the 60-vote threshold needed to advance, while Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas warned permanent daylight saving time could produce "an absurdly late hour" for winter sunrises.
- With the Senate in recess until Sept. 14, the legislation remains in limbo as the November 1 deadline for the annual "fall back" time change approaches for most Americans.
- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., warned that permanent daylight saving time could leave children waiting for school buses in darkness during winter months, echoing broader regional concerns about reduced morning sunlight.
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‘GET IT DONE’: Trump pushes Senate to vote on permanent daylight saving time bill ‘as soon as possible’
(Official White House photo by Daniel Torok) Calling it ridiculous to change clocks in the spring and autumn, President Donald Trump is again pushing the U.S. Senate to pass a bill making daylight saving time permanent. Trump said Saturday night on X: “The Senate must vote on the NO MORE CHANGING THE CLOCKS ACT as...
Trump Again Rages Against “Changing The Clocks”
Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump is pressing the Senate to end America’s twice-yearly clock changes, urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. In a Truth Social post overnight, Trump called on the Senate to pass the “NO MORE CHANGING THE CLOCKS ACT,” arguing that more daylight in the evening could help fight crime while again criticizing the practice of changing clocks twice a year. Senator Tom …
the president calls the clock adjustments twice a year "absurd" and defends keeping more hours of light in the afternoon, even as a measure against crime
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