Trump Presses Senate to Vote on Permanent Daylight Saving Time

President Trump on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to hold a vote on making Daylight Saving Time permanent, days before Americans set their clocks back an hour on Sunday, Nov. 1.

“The United States Senate is letting the Daylight Saving Bill die, when a vast Majority of the Country want it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, according to the full text of the post published by Newsquawk. “Most people are demanding light in the evening, but ALL want not to change their clocks anymore. TAKE A VOTE!”

⏰ TRUMP CALLS OUT SENATE FOR LETTING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BILL DIE!

President Trump demands action after the House reportedly passed legislation 308–117 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

Trump says Americans are tired of changing their clocks twice a year and want more… pic.twitter.com/Qo7FVJZ6Bx

— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) October 26, 2026

In the same post, Trump quoted a New York Post report noting that the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act 308-117 this summer, and that the bill “remains locked in the Senate, meaning Daylight Saving Time will end as regularly scheduled to the disappointment of many Americans,” according to Newsquawk’s transcription.

Stuck in committee since July

The bill passed the House in July and has been sitting in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee ever since, WSOC-TV in Charlotte reported Monday. The measure has not received a vote on the Senate floor, WSOC reported.

WSOC noted that the effort has played out in reverse before. In 2021, a version passed the Senate and then stalled in the House without a floor vote, the station reported.

Under the House-passed bill, states would be allowed to adopt permanent Daylight Saving Time, The Hill reported earlier this month. The idea is especially popular in states such as Florida, according to The Hill.

Republican resistance in the Senate

Trump’s push has run into opposition inside his own party. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told Politico in early October there was “no clear path forward or consensus” on the legislation, The Hill reported. Thune, who represents a northern state, also said he voted against year-round Daylight Saving Time when it came before the Commerce Committee, according to The Hill.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has opposed the bill, arguing it has been tried before and repealed once Americans experienced dark late-winter mornings, The Hill reported. Trump has publicly pressured Cotton over his stance, according to the same report.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said there is “more opposition to it than the president realizes,” citing “real safety concerns, particularly in the more northern and rural states where children get on the school bus at very early hours,” The Hill reported.

On the other side, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told The Hill he is working to get a vote on the Sunshine Protection Act during the lame-duck session scheduled for parts of November and December.

What happens next

For now, nothing changes this weekend. Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, bringing earlier sunsets across most of the country, WSOC reported.

Trump has made the issue a recurring theme in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterms. In an earlier Truth Social post quoted by The Hill, he called the twice-a-year switch “a ridiculous Clock changing process” that “costs our Country a fortune” and said most people prefer “an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning.”

Whether the Senate acts depends on GOP leadership finding floor time and the votes to move the bill out of committee. As of Monday, no vote had been scheduled, according to WSOC.

Sources

• Newsquawk: Full text of Trump’s Truth Social post (Oct. 26, 2026)
• WSOC-TV: What happened to that bill to permanently keep daylight saving time?
• The Hill: Thune sees no clear path forward on permanent daylight saving time
• Real America’s Voice on X

Reporting by Daily Beltway.