Trump faces Republican rebellion over Daylight Saving Time as Senate bill nears dead end

President Donald Trump wants Congress to walk authorities that would springiness Americans a break from a twice-yearly nuisance, but nan sun will apt group connected nan push successful nan Senate, wherever nan rumor is deeper than politics.

The House passed its bill, nan Sunshine Protection Act, past week to let states to voluntarily observe Daylight Saving Time year-round, but nan authorities is hitting a ceramic wall successful nan Senate.

And it’s not nan statement aisle that’s defining nan debate, it’s a horizontal statement moving done nan United States that divides northern states versus confederate states.

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President Donald Trump wants to make Daylight Saving permanent, but a geographic conjugation of bluish versus confederate states are successful a heated statement complete nan merits of nan change, which spells punishment for nan bill. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images; Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"That is an rumor successful which location are passionate views connected some sides," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said connected whether nan Senate would see nan bill.

"So we'll see," he continued. "I mean, nan House having acted connected it now, we'll spot what nan liking level is successful nan Senate. But I cognize that location are group who are consenting to really slow things down complete that issue."

Proponents reason that it’s an inconvenience successful their states and are quiet for much daylight successful nan evening, while opponents opportunity that it would unit school-aged children to beryllium successful nan acheronian for nan opening of nan day.

One of nan astir vocal opponents of nan authorities is 1 of Trump’s ain friends connected Capitol Hill, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who past twelvemonth declared that he would "always oppose" efforts for imperishable Daylight Saving.

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A root successful Cotton’s orbit told Fox News Digital that nan lawmaker was "far from nan only 1 who objects" to nan bill, and noted that nan authorities is much of a grandfather clause that requires states to person already passed an observance of imperishable modular clip earlier nan Sunshine Protection Act becomes law.

Hawaii and Arizona are nan only 2 states that, by their ain laws, observe imperishable modular time, while nary states observe a imperishable Daylight Saving Time. It’s not nan only clip Congress has tried, either.

"Congress has already tried changing to imperishable Daylight Saving Time before," nan root said. "It was truthful thoroughly hated that Congress reversed people nan pursuing twelvemonth — but almost nary 1 knows that."

In nan 1970s, lawmakers did enact a year-round Daylight Saving Time. But Americans quickly soured connected nan change, particularly parents whose children had to hold successful nan acheronian for nan schoolhouse bus. It was repealed astir a twelvemonth later.

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Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida, successful nan Senate Subway during a ballot astatine nan U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected March 14, 2025. (Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"I can't support a mobility to spell to Daylight Saving Time, because it intends that nan kids successful South Dakota ended up going to schoolhouse successful nan acheronian for astir nan first hr of classes for much than six months retired of a year," Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said. "So we can't do that."

Proponents argue, however, that it’s a long-needed change.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., who primitively introduced nan Sunshine Protection Act alongside then-Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a decade ago, contended nan push was "not a partisan issue, it’s a penchant issue" that often fell on geographic lines.

Still, he acknowledged guidance from parents concerned astir their kids going to schoolhouse successful nan dark.

"This is near complete from World War I erstwhile America was trying to prevention lamp oil. We're doing OK connected lamp lipid now, truthful that's not nan rumor connected it," Lankford said. "With streetlights, pinch different powerfulness and things, we person — we're successful a very different situation. And I talk to a batch of folks that opportunity they are conscionable sick of nan clip change. They want to beryllium capable to fastener nan clock."

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And Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who introduced nan authorities past year, shouted nan House passing nan bill.

"It's 1 of nan astir celebrated things successful my state," Scott said. "You wouldn't judge really overmuch I get asked astir this."

Still, he acknowledged nan guidance coming from nan North. He based on that he couldn’t understand really "anybody could ballot against it erstwhile nan state could make their ain decision."

"Give maine nan chance — I mean, look, successful my state, nan ability, we want to do it," Scott said.