US House to vote on bill to make daylight saving time permanent
Supporters say the change would end twice-yearly clock shifts and could reduce sleep disruptions, workplace injuries and car crashes, according to lawmakers.
- On Thursday, a notice confirmed the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.
- In May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 to advance the legislation, demonstrating significant bipartisan momentum for ending the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks.
- Representative Vern Buchanan, a Florida Republican, has regularly proposed the measure since 2018, arguing that "ending the clock change is a commonsense reform that will improve everyday life for millions of Americans."
- U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, opposes the measure, warning it would result in absurdly late winter sunrises and force children to attend school in darkness.
- President Donald Trump has urged an end to the 'Clock' changes, though Congress repealed year-round daylight saving time in 1974 due to unpopularity, suggesting the path to final passage remains uncertain.
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Trump’s plan to make daylight saving time permanent to get a vote in House
Is the clock about to change as House set to vote on making Daylight Saving Time permanent?
The House is set to vote on whether to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane goes over what things would look like under permanent Daylight Saving Time and permanent Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time could become permanent in U.S.
MEDFORD, Ore. — After years of debate, a vote is expected this week on a bill in Washington, D.C., to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, but until this week it wasn’t scheduled for a vote in the House. It would stop the twice-annual changing […] The post Daylight Saving Time could become permanent in U.S. appeared first on KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2.
House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
The US House voted Tuesday to pass a measure to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country, springing Congress forward into an issue that has long stumped lawmakers and spurred impassioned pleas by parents, farmers and others with sharply divergent views.
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