{"id":6932,"date":"2026-07-22T18:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:36:07","slug":"daylight-saving-time-bill-faces-strong-headwinds-in-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6932","title":{"rendered":"Daylight Saving Time bill faces strong headwinds in the Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            The US House voted last week in strong bipartisan fashion to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country. But it faces strong headwinds in the Senate, with one key Republican senator warning the bill won\u2019t \u201csee the light of day.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6930\">Former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s trial set to begin in June 2027<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Here\u2019s what we know about what\u2019s next:\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Some Republicans oppose push for permanent Daylight Saving Time<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is among the most vocal opponents of moving towards year-round Daylight Saving Time, and has vowed to block any proponents\u2019 efforts to quickly approve the bill on the floor through a process known as unanimous consent, which requires all 100 senators to agree to an expedited vote.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There are plenty of other senators like Cotton who oppose the bill, and warn that a later sunrise would endanger children who could be forced to commute to school in the dark.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            GOP leaders will be wary of using up valuable floor time on an issue that might not overcome the 60-vote threshold it\u2019ll need to advance.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sen. Steve Daines of Montana told CNN there may be enough opposition, particularly from Western states like his, that, \u201cI don\u2019t think, to use a pun, it\u2019ll see the light of day\u201d on the Senate floor.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI can see where Florida likes it for tee times at certain times of the year, but it doesn\u2019t work so well for moms and dads putting kids on buses when the sunrise in Western Montana wouldn\u2019t be \u2018till 9:30 in the morning. It\u2019s not going to work for us,\u201d Daines said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Opponents of the change contend the shift wouldn\u2019t just endanger school kids, but also workers \u2013 like construction crews, farmers, factory hands \u2013 who would have to report to their jobs in the dark.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa told CNN, \u201cI can tell you about my personal feelings, and it doesn\u2019t indicate how I\u2019m going to vote, but I\u2019m irritated every time I change my clock.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI haven\u2019t heard anything from my constituents on it, so I can\u2019t tell you,\u201d he said, noting that he remains undecided on whether there should be permanent Daylight Saving Time.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Florida Sen. Rick Scott is actively pushing for the bill\u2019s passage, saying he has been in conversations with the White House and his Republican colleagues to secure support for the bill.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt was a bill I passed when I was governor \u2026 So I\u2019m very adamant\u2026 We want Daylight Saving. I\u2019m working it,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6928\">Many kids don\u2019t eat enough veggies. Amid a parasite outbreak in the US, what\u2019s a parent to do?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            He added: \u201cso I\u2019m optimistic that it\u2019s going to pass.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        What Senate GOP leaders have said about the bill<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who represents South Dakota, would not rule out bringing the bill to a vote when pressed by reporters last week \u2013 even though in the past, he opposed a similar push to adopt Daylight Saving Time year round.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He told reporters at the Capitol he believes the House bill provides optionality for states who use permanent standard time. The bill allows states to buck the switch to daylight saving time, so long as they adopt permanent standard time before it takes effect. Residents in Hawaii, much of Arizona, and other US territories all observe permanent standard time.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI think the main concern is that there\u2019s optionality for states, and my understanding is that\u2019s in the House bill. I just don\u2019t think we want a mandate and that was tried once before and repealed,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you know, we\u2019re looking at it. You know, the House had a big vote. There\u2019s a lot of interest in it from members on our side over here. Some for, some against.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Asked if it can get the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster, Thune said that \u201cremains to be seen.\u201d He added \u201cthat\u2019s not an issue that we\u2019ve really probed much yet.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            When asked if he would support the measure, Thune would only note he comes from a \u201cnorthern\u201d climate and that he opposed a similar measure when it was voted on in the Senate Commerce committee last April.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Congress has taken up issue before<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Congress has moved before to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. It adopted a measure in the 1970s, as the US was experiencing an energy crisis, but swiftly reversed course amid deep unpopularity.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In 2022, senators passed a version of a Daylight Saving Time bill through swift action on the floor \u2013 facing no objections from their colleagues. It did not get a floor vote in the House.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Cotton later revealed he would have blocked that effort, and vowed to object to any future efforts to pass that kind of legislation quickly on the floor.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In 2025, a bipartisan group of senators sought unanimous consent to pass a bill to enact daylight saving year round, but were thwarted by Cotton.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6917\">Collisions in space are a growing concern. A plan to address it is reigniting a turf war<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US House voted last week in strong bipartisan fashion to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country. 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