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Posted on 05/22/2026 11:54:40 AM PDT by Libloather
President Donald Trump is championing the prospect of putting the kibosh on twice-annual clock changes by making daylight saving time permanent.
A bill to make daylight saving time permanent has been folded into a larger measure that the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced in a 48-1 vote on Thursday.
"Big Vote today (48-1!) in the Energy and Commerce Committee on a Bill including The Sunshine Protection Act, which will be making Daylight Saving Time Permanent! This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks. Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!" Trump wrote in a Thursday Truth Social post.
"It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it! We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!" the president declared.
Rep. Vern Buchanan's, R-Fla., office noted in a Thursday press release that "The Sunshine Protection Act was included as a provision within an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (AINS) to the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act, which was marked up and sent to the House floor by the House Energy and Commerce Committee today."
The push is actually bipartisan.
"The legislation has 32 bipartisan cosponsors in the House, and Senate companion legislation (S. 29) introduced by Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has 18 bipartisan cosponsors," Buchanan's release noted.
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Permanent standard time, not daylight savings time.
I love the extra hour. That being said, either way they decide I wish they’d just get rid of the clock change.
It’s about TIME, literally!
Gotta have that sudden plunge into darkness that comes just before the Holidays.
It pumps up sales for booze and anti-depressants.
Kids at bus stops in pitch dark will stop this initiative.
Split the difference and change it by 30 minutes.
Mr. President...Standard time is the way to go...
bttt
And how are we supposed to remember to change the smoke alarm batteries?
So Congress is going to trick the sun again...all year round.
And how are we supposed to remember to change the smoke alarm batteries?
When it starts beeping at 4AM in the morning.
I sure hope so...I hope Kennedy and Oz stand up for Standard Time.
“Permanent standard time, not daylight savings time.”
Having noon when the sun is highest in the sky (or almost so) is the way.
Why is everybody overlooking the fact that we don’t get any extra hour of sunlight based on a frickin clock?
Also, everybody use the opportunity to arrive early or late on the job twice a year, and most will receive the “yeah, uh huh, shore you did”.
Mine usually start chirping at 4AM in the afternoon. /s
My bees get confused when the clock falls back an hour and get lost while foraging when the sun goes down an hour earlier.
Thune will stop the DST bill just like the SAVE act. OK, just making that up.
However, this McConnell clone will find a way to ruin things and this is one of them.
won’t effect me, we don’t have it in AZ anyways
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