AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - The Senate stands between Trump and permanent daylight saving time
The House passed a bill to lock the clocks on daylight saving time for good, and President Trump is personally lobbying senators to follow, but the upper chamber may not have the votes. Come November 1, most Americans will do what they have done every fall for decades: drag themselves out of bed, find the […] The post The Senate stands between Trump and permanent daylight saving time appeared first on American Almanac .
The House passed a bill to lock the clocks on daylight saving time for good, and President Trump is personally lobbying senators to follow, but the upper chamber may not have the votes. Come November 1, most Americans will do what they have done every fall for decades: drag themselves out of bed, find the microwave clock blinking the wrong number, and set everything back one hour. At 2 a.m. local time that Sunday, daylight saving time ends, and standard time returns. The ritual continues because Congress, despite broad public support for ending it, has not finished the job. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in July 2026 to make daylight saving time permanent, no more falling back, no more springing forward. President Trump…Open