ABCNEWS - WATCH: Could changing the clock twice a year become a thing of the past?
As the debate continues to make daylight saving time permanent, lawmakers and Americans remain divided.
As the debate continues to make daylight saving time permanent, lawmakers and Americans remain divided.
Lawmakers have, in recent years, attempted to end the clock changes, though much of the impasse has stemmed from whether to maintain Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time.
AI:President Trump is throwing his support behind making Daylight Savings Time permanent, aiming to resolve the long-standing legislative stalemate regarding seasonal clock shifts. While lawmakers have struggled to reach a consensus on whether to stick with Standard Time or Daylight Savings, this move seeks to eliminate the annual disruption caused by changing time zones.Open
By James Stansbury If permanent Daylight Savings Time becomes law, legislators supporting it had better be prepared for the public backlash each winter.
Daylight Saving Time is actually a well-conceived idea that helps Americans enjoy summertime more fully — applying it to the winter would be disastrous.
This is a MAJOR wake-up call.
The U.S. House passed the Sunshine Protection Act with overwhelming support, moving the country one step closer to ending the twice-yearly clock change, and one step into a Senate that may not be ready to follow. The bill, designated House Bill 139 in the 119th Congress, would make daylight saving time permanent across the United […] The post House passes Sunshine Protection Act, but the Senate stands in the way appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. House passed the Sunshine Protection Act with overwhelming support, moving the country one step closer to ending the twice-yearly clock change, and one step into a Senate that may not be ready to follow. The bill, designated House Bill 139 in the 119th Congress, would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States. If enacted, Americans would no longer "fall back" each November or "spring forward" each March. President Trump celebrated the vote on Truth Social, calling it "Great News for America!" He had previously signaled in May, when the bill cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee, that he would sign it into law if it reached his desk. But the Senate is a different chamber with a different mood. And the…Open
The House on Tuesday passed with broad bipartisan support legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The lower chamber voted 308-117 for the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which would make daylight saving time the permanent standard time. Twenty-two Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against the measure. The legislation now heads to the [...]
Trump focused his argument on the cost of having to change the time on clocks, saying doing it twice a year is "cost prohibitive"