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Posted on 10/29/2025 8:12:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
A bipartisan group of lawmakers sought unanimous consent approval for a bill that would stop the changing of the clocks.
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Sen. Tom Cotton wasn’t fast enough in 2022 to block Senate passage of legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. Three years later, he wasn’t about to repeat that same mistake.
The Arkansas Republican was on hand Tuesday afternoon to thwart a bipartisan effort on the chamber floor to pass a bill that would put an end to changing the clocks twice a year, including this coming Sunday.
“If permanent Daylight Savings Time becomes the law of the land, it will again make winter a dark and dismal time for millions of Americans,” said Cotton in his objection to a request by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to advance the bill by unanimous consent.
“For many Arkansans, permanent daylight savings time would mean the sun wouldn’t rise until after 8:00 or even 8:30am during the dead of winter,” Cotton continued. “The darkness of permanent savings time would be especially harmful for school children and working Americans.”
A cross-party coalition of lawmakers has been trying for years to make daylight saving time the default, which would result in more daylight in the evening hours with less in the morning, plus bring to a halt to biannual clock adjustments.
President Donald Trump endorsed the concept this spring, calling the changing of the clocks “a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!”
His comments coincided with a hearing, then a markup, of Scott’s legislation in the Senate Commerce Committee. It set off an intense lobbying battle in turn, pitting the golf and retail industries — which are advocating for permanent daylight saving time — against the likes of sleep doctors and Christian radio broadcasters — who prefer standard time.
Joined by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in calling for the Senate to pass the bill Tuesday, Scott cited states’ rights as a major reason for his support for the so-called “Sunshine Protection Act.”
“It allows the people of each state to choose what best fits their needs and the needs of their families,” said Scott. “The American people are sick and tired of changing their clocks twice a year. It’s confusing, unnecessary and completely outdated.”
There was hope earlier this year that momentum was growing for the quixotic legislative campaign after progress stalled following senators’ success in 2022 to pass a version of Scott’s bill by unanimous consent — an outcome typically reserved for noncontroversial bills that took lawmakers by surprise.
Cotton on Tuesday decried the “abject failure” of the last time Congress enacted permanent daylight saving time in 1974, pledging to always oppose legislation that would do just that.
He said he took “full responsibility” for dropping the ball in 2022, explaining he hadn’t adequately communicated the extent of his opposition and that he had expected another senator to object.
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We tried keeping DST for a year way back in the Carter era. People wer3e coplaining for exactly the reasons that Cotton said.
We need permanent time, not the twice-a-year changes. Everyone will adjust. Do it.
One thing to consider is that it requires a lot of software changes and patches when it happens.
I agree with Senator Cotton. We should change the clocks back to Standard Time next week for the last time and be done with it.
It’s good to see our elected officials focusing on important matters.
How about standard time based on the sun and not political reasons. Noon is when the sun is at it’s highest for that time zone.
You know how hard it is to crack the concrete and reset it in my sundial’s base to adjust the dial every time there is a time change.
Why not make standard time permanent?
Why go to Daylight Savings Time permanently? Why not just keep Standard time year-round? Then when it is noon, the sun is at it’s peak, you know, like it’s supposed to be.
Why not make standard time permanent?
And call it “War Time”.
Some states, like Florida don’t need DST. Arizona doesn’t participate, and Hawaii and Alaska just laugh................
For Cotton: If the hour shift twice a year is good,
how about an hour and say, 25 minutes? That should help
Arkansas with the difference between night and day.
It's insane have a hour of light a 5 a.m. in the summer rather than at night.
Almost everyone is up between 4 and 6 p.m. in the winter.
Why not make daylight savings time permanent?
Why does Barrow, Alaska, have DST? What good does it do if the sun barely rises at all, or is up all day?
I was a kid when they started doing this. I thought it was stupid..............
Meaning not making “permanent Daylight Savings Time the law of the land, it will again make winter a physically dark time for millions of Americans, as in early Dec. MA:
Sunrise: 6:55 AM Sunset: 4:12 PM
Arkansas early Dec Sunset, about 5Pm
I agree. Pick one and stick with it. I’m sick of changing my clocks and my body adjusting twice a year.
Because Cotton is blocking it. Making std time permanent would dispel his reasoning.
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