House to vote on measure making daylight saving time permanent

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Source: The Hill

07/10/26 12:27 PM ET


The House will vote next week on legislation making daylight saving time permanent nationwide, reviving a years-long effort to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes. Daylight saving time has been observed throughout most of the U.S. since the 1960s, shifting clocks forward one hour from March to November. Most states observe daylight saving time, with the exceptions of Arizona and Hawaii.

The Sunshine Protection Act, an effort supported by President Trump, passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee 48-1 in May and allows states to opt out. Proponents of the measure argue the shift causes sleep disturbances and reduces productivity. Trump has pushed for permanent daylight saving time, saying he would work hard to get the legislation passed into law.

“It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production,” he wrote on social media following the committee’s vote. The Senate unanimously approved a similar measure in 2022, but it stalled in the House.

Should it pass the House, it could face opposition in the Senate from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who warned it would “push winter sunrises to an absurdly late hour” and that “kids would either walk to school in the pitch black or schools would have to push back start times.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5962759-house-vote-daylight-saving/

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Blasphemy for me to agree with Tom Cotton but personally dealt with going to school with a flashlight when Nixon did this bullshit. There was a reason why it was repealed back then.