Trump Urges Senate to Permanentize Daylight Saving Time Amid House Passage of Sunshine Protection Act
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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.
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Washington Times CulturePresident Trump wants the Senate to take up a House-approved bill to make daylight saving time permanent and end the semi-annual clock changing ritual.
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The renewed push comes after the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, H.R. 139, by a bipartisan 308-117 vote on July 14. The bill would make daylight saving time permanent across most of the country.
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Washington Times CultureThe House passed the permanent daylight saving time bill in July on a 308-117 vote.
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There is already opposition. Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, has argued against permanent daylight saving time, warning that winter mornings would become darker for children and workers in parts of the country. Cotton spoke against the Sunshine Protection Act on the Senate floor in October 2025.
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Washington Times CultureSenate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, opposes the bill because it would lead to late winter sunrises in his state. Other senators have made similar arguments against making daylight saving time permanent.
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01 Newsweek The Senate is currently in recess and is scheduled to return on September 14. H.R. 139 could be passed by unanimous consent if no senator objects, but if it faces an objection, Senate rules generally require 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and advance the legislation to a final vote.
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02 Vanity Fair The VIP, it turned out, was Bruce Blakeman, the Republican candidate challenging Kathy Hochul in the New York gubernatorial race, and like so many politicians and presidential hopefuls this time of year, he had ventured out to the Hamptons for a fundraiser. (The following weekend, Hochul herself would make the trip to 75 Main for a bipartisan breakfast hosted by billionaire supermarket tycoon John Catsimatidis.) This Friday, Blakeman will campaign with President Donald Trump before attending a fundraiser with Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy.
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03 Washington Times Culture A Senate version of the bill, led by Sen. Rick Scott, Florida Republican, has 18 co-sponsors.
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