Trump pushes Senate to vote on permanent daylight saving time bill ‘as soon as possible’
Trump says permanent daylight saving time could cut murders and robberies, citing a 308-117 House vote and broader health and economic benefits.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump urged Republican Senators to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would establish permanent Daylight Saving Time across the United States.
- The House passed the measure 308-117 last month, and it is now being reviewed by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
- Trump argued that ending the biannual time change would reduce crime and improve health; a 2023 YouGov survey found 62% of participants favored scrapping the switch.
- Gallup found 48% of respondents preferred permanent standard time, compared with 24% backing year-round Daylight Saving Time, while Hawaii and most of Arizona already do not observe the practice.
- Orthodox Jewish organizations warned that later winter sunrises would disrupt morning prayer schedules; Rabbi Motzen, national director of government affairs at Agudath Israel of America, told JNS the change would be 'extraordinarily difficult' for employees and students.
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Trump makes new push for year-round daylight saving time as bill awaits Senate vote
President Donald Trump renewed his push for Congress to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, after the House approved it, sending it to the Senate.
House gave 308 votes to change, but senators fear sunrises after 9:00 in northern states in winter
President Trump urges Senate to pass legislation to make daylight saving time permanent
The House earlier this month passed a measure that would establish year-round Daylight Saving Time nationwide. The legislation would next need to be taken up by the Senate, but its prospects remain uncertain.
Trump sets up showdown with GOP senators as he refuses to 'let issue go'
In the United States, daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 1 — only two days before the 2026 midterms. President Donald Trump would like to make daylight savings time permanent and year-round, but according to The Hill's Alexander Bolton, he is "running into stiff opposition from GOP senators whose states would be plunged into early-morning darkness during the winter."Lawmakers have already passed a daylight savings bill in the U.S. Ho…
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