President Donald Trump is pressing the Senate to PASS THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT ASAP, insisting that permanent daylight saving time would deliver an extra hour of evening sunlight that could curb violent crime and improve public health nationwide.
According to Mediaite, the president renewed his push for a campaign promise he has championed since his 2024 victory, after the House advanced the measure in a bipartisan 308117 vote. He urged Republican senators in particular to move swiftly and send the bill to his desk, framing the issue as a practical reform with broad public backing.
For many years, the vast Majority of Americans have asked to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, but no Administration has been able to get it properly done, until now, Trump wrote on Truth Social. I am proud to announce that the House of Representatives has passed the Bill, and it has now gone to the Senate for final approval.
The president highlighted a long list of benefits from ending the twice-yearly clock change, arguing that the policy would strengthen families, communities, and the economy rather than expanding government. He wrote: Leading Medical, Crime, and Economic Studies have shown that ceasing the biannual time change, giving us one extra hour of natural sunlight in the evenings, will help Decrease Robbery and Murder Rates, Reduce Car Accidents (especially those involving Pedestrians!), Lower Risk for Cardiac Issues, Stroke, and Seasonal Depression, Make It Safer for Children to Walk Home from School, Increase Time with your Family, Strongly Support Extracurricular Activities, Be a Big Boost to Sports, Fitness, Tourism, Retail, and the Restaurant Industries (and more!), and Save Money on Energy Bills, because everyone will be enjoying an EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT.
Trump cast the bill as a rare point of unity in a polarized era, calling it a measure that Republicans, Dumocrats, and Independents can unite behind. Currently, most Americans spring their clocks forward in March and fall back in November, while states such as Hawaii and most of Arizona opt out of daylight saving time altogether.
Polling shows the public is weary of the government-mandated time shifts, with a 2023 YouGov survey finding 62% favor ending the biannual change and a January 2025 Gallup poll reporting 54% want daylight saving time eliminated. The Senate unanimously backed a similar proposal in March 2022, but it died in the House amid disputes over whether the nation should embrace permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time, a debate lawmakers must now resolve if they intend to deliver the reform Trump is demanding.
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