‘No one likes changing the clock’: Senate to hold on House-passed bill to make daylight saving time permanent after previous tries have been repealed
Several other Republicans, particularly those from some Northern states that would see much later sunrises, say they oppose it.
The Senate is expected to postpone a House-passed bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, despite opposition from President Donald Trump and Americans who dislike the practice of changing clocks twice a year. As daylight saving time concludes early Sunday and many areas switch back their clocks, certain senators are blocking legislation that aims to end the biannual time adjustment.
Proponents argue that eliminating the time change would provide more daylight during typical afternoon activities, while opponents argue that some commuters in certain states wouldn't see the sun until after 9 a.m. Sen. Tom Cotton, a leading Republican and a vocal opponent of the change, argues that the current system has been enacted and repealed multiple times before, only for Americans to eventually experience late sunrises in the winter.
Trump has lobbied for the change, urging Senate Republicans to pass the House bill and send it to his desk, claiming that sunshine is better in the afternoon than the morning and that daylight saving time can be dangerous, particularly for those working on dangerous structures like churches and municipal buildings. However, despite Trump's efforts, the bill has not gained enough traction to be brought to a vote in the Senate before the end of the year.
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