{"id":2422554,"date":"2025-04-11T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-congressional-push-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:01:45","slug":"trump-backs-congressional-push-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-congressional-push-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump backs congressional push for permanent daylight saving time &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-backs-congressional-push-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2422554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump has expressed support for lawmakers seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-senators-reintroduce-bill-to-enact-year-round-daylight-saving-time\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Group Of Senators Reintroduce Bill To Enact ......Round ...\">make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-gov-kay-ivey-signs-daylight-saving-time-bill\/\" title=\"Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Signs ... Saving ... Bill\">daylight saving time<\/a> permanent<\/a>, following a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the matter. In a recent post, Trump emphasized the benefits of having more daylight in the evenings and criticized the biannual clock changes as inconvenient and costly for the government. He noted that while he believes many people would prefer more light later in the day, there remains a meaningful division on whether to keep daylight saving time or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meads-return-to-gods-time-by-rejecting-the-senates-plan-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent\/\" title=\"MEADS: Return To God\u2019s ... By Rejecting The ...\u2019s Plan To ...\">standard time year-round<\/a>. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz echoed this sentiment, calling for a thoughtful approach to the issue, while highlighting the negative impacts of the time change on health and the economy. Despite a past Senate bill to make daylight saving time permanent, the legislation did not advance in the House, leaving states like Arizona and Hawaii on standard time year-round while others switch twice annually.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump backs congressional push for permanent daylight saving time<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2088775\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> supported a push by lawmakers to make daylight saving time permanent after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> held a hearing on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Commerce Committee held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3376406\/watch-live-senate-considers-making-daylight-saving-time-permanent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hearing\">hearing<\/a> Thursday on eliminating the changeover from daylight saving time to standard time each year, discussing the setbacks with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">biannual time change<\/a>. Trump, who has given various answers on the matter, seemingly endorsed keeping daylight saving time in place in a Friday post, calling for more light later in the day permanently.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3369191\/x-twitter-versus-bluesky-trump-musk-users-doge\/\">Humorless scolds dominate liberal-favored Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-features\/3376676\/trump-global-trade-tariffs-rattles-voters-economy\/\">Market shock: Trump&#8217;s reimagining of global trade rattles voters seeking economic normalcy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3377472\/trump-threatens-sanctions-more-tariffs-mexico-water-dispute\/\">Trump threatens sanctions and more tariffs on Mexico over water dispute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114319659315817918\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!! DJT,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114319659315817918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In cautious remarks from the Oval Office last month, Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339970\/trump-push-change-daylight-savings-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"previously warned\"> warned<\/a> that there was no clear consensus on which time to implement permanently.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This should be the easiest one of all, but it&rsquo;s a 50-50 issue, and if something&rsquo;s a 50-50 issue, it&rsquo;s hard to get excited about it,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I assume people would like to have more light later, but some people want to have more light earlier because they don&rsquo;t want to take their kids to school in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And it&rsquo;s very much &mdash; it&rsquo;s a little bit one way &mdash; but it&rsquo;s very much a 50-50 issue. It&rsquo;s something I can do, but a lot of people like it one way, a lot of people like it the other way. It&rsquo;s very even. And usually, I find when that&rsquo;s the case, what else do we have to do?&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3260557\/trump-promises-eliminate-inconvenient-costly-daylight-saving-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"endorsed\">endorsed<\/a> making standard time permanent rather than daylight saving time for the full year.<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday&rsquo;s Senate hearing, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Congress should work to end the &ldquo;outdated and harmful practice&rdquo; of changing clocks twice a year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This hearing is an excellent opportunity to examine a thoughtful and rational approach to how we manage time,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Whether we lock the clock on standard time year-round or daylight saving time, let&rsquo;s put our health, the economy, and well-being first and embrace a sensible approach to time management.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3341689\/daylight-saving-time-begins-tomorrow-could-it-be-the-last\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS TOMORROW &mdash; COULD IT BE THE LAST TIME CHANGE EVER?\">DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS TOMORROW &mdash; COULD IT BE THE LAST TIME CHANGE EVER?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate passed a bill in 2022 backed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, then a Florida senator, to make daylight saving time permanent. However, the legislation was not picked up by the House.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona and Hawaii remain on standard time for the entire year, while the rest of the country makes the yearly changeover in March and November. States that participate in the time change are currently in daylight saving time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2088775\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2088775\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump supports making daylight saving time permanent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2422555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/donald-trump-outside-white-house-april-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[53275,46768,4762,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2422554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congressional-push","tag-daylight-saving-time","tag-legislation","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/donald-trump-outside-white-house-april-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2422558,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422554\/revisions\/2422558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}