Battle over Daylight Saving Time erupts as push to stop changing clocks hits Senate wall

President Donald Trump is pressing the Senate to let states stay on Daylight Saving Time all year, ending the twice-yearly clock change, but the effort has stalled in the upper chamber even though the idea is popular with voters and with him. The House passed a bill this summer to enact the change, known as the Sunshine Protection Act, yet the Senate has not moved it, and the issue splits members of both parties, according to Fox News.

Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, has become a leading opponent and has promised to block attempts to fast-track the measure on the floor. Over the weekend, Trump singled him out on Truth Social, posted his personal phone number, and urged Arkansans to lobby their senator, calling passage a bipartisan win. Cotton answered on X that he dislikes changing clocks too, but said Congress has approved permanent Daylight Saving Time several times and then reversed itself once Americans lived through very late winter sunrises. He said Arkansas families do not want children heading to school in darkness.

The history Cotton cites includes the 1970s, when lawmakers adopted year-round Daylight Saving Time.

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