Clocks fall back Sunday as Senate leaves daylight-saving bill in limbo
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, and the bill that could have made it permanent nationwide is stuck in the Senate, with President Trump publicly pressing one senator to let it move.
Clocks "fall back" one hour at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, ending daylight saving time for most of the country — and, for the second year running, Congress has failed to act on legislation that could have stopped the twice-yearly switch altogether.
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act on July 14 by a lopsided, bipartisan 308-117 vote, which would let states choose to observe daylight saving time year-round. The bill needs 60 votes to clear the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said members remain divided, according to a Reuters-sourced report carried by Fox 10 Phoenix. No Senate vote has since been scheduled.
Trump presses a holdout senator
On Oct. 3, President Trump posted on Truth Social urging Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to stop blocking the bill, according to Just the News. Cotton has defended his objection by invoking the country's last attempt at year-round daylight saving time, a 1974 experiment that Congress reversed within months after public backlash over dark winter mornings.
With the Senate out until after the midterms and no vote scheduled, the clock change goes ahead as usual this weekend: daylight saving time will not return until Sunday, March 14, 2027, under current law. Hawaii, most of Arizona and several U.S. territories do not observe the time change at all.
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