House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent
- On Tuesday, the House voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, advancing legislation backed by President Donald Trump that would allow states to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., who authored the bill, said Americans are "tired of the biannual time change," while Nineteen states have already passed legislation to make the change permanent.
- House Energy and Commerce ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., told lawmakers that "the benefits of stopping the biannual changing of the clocks are numerous and clear," citing tourism boosts.
- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., warned the act would result in "absurdly late" winter sunrises, while the American Medical Association argues year-round standard time better aligns with natural daylight.
- The Senate must now pass the bill, which requires at least 60 votes to succeed, though a 1974 attempt at permanent daylight saving time was repealed less than a year later.
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Lawmakers push to make daylight saving time permanent
Congress took its biggest step yet toward ending the twice-yearly changing of the clocks. The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The bipartisan bill now heads to the Senate, where a similar effort stalled several years ago. Geoff Bennett discussed the push to stop changing the clocks with Scott Yates of the Lock the Clock Alliance.
New Bill that might change Daylight Savings
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Daylight saving bill passes House, but Senate future unclear
A bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time year-round and permanent has passed the House of Representatives but faces a still-murky future in the Senate. The so-called Daylight Protection Act, which would end the twice-a-year ritual of moving clocks forward…
US Senate undecided on bill to make daylight saving time permanent
By David Shepardson and David Morgan WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is reviewing a bill passed by the House to make daylight saving time permanent but it is unclear if it has enough support to become law, the top Senate Republican sai...
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House Votes to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ The US House of Representatives voted to pass the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday in an effort to lengthen winter days and put an end to the twice-a-year clock change. The bill would keep the clocks one hour ahead, which happens in the spring, and use standard time like Hawaii and most of Arizona before the law takes effect if there is an exemp…
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