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US Sunshine Protection Act and permanent daylight-saving debate

The Sunshine Protection Act proposal to retain daylight saving time and end twice-yearly clock changes, including Trump's October2026 push for Senate action.

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  1. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    Trump urges Senate Republicans to pass the Sunshine Protection Act

    Trump urges Senate Republicans to pass the Sunshine Protection Act. Trump claims permanent daylight saving time would bring health and economic benefits.

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    Republicans in the Senate have to get moving on what I call the “No More Changing of Clocks Act,” officially known as The Sunshine Protection Act, a ridiculous Clock changing process that takes place twice a year, costs our Country a fortune, is bad for Crime, stress on people, Sports, and just about everything else you can imagine. Even the highly respected PGA Commissioner, Brian Rolapp, needs it for the completion of Golf Tournaments in the Winter, when they just plain run out of sunlight. People don’t want to go around changing their Clocks anymore and, besides, far and away, most people like having an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning. The House has passed this Bill, 308-117, on July 14, 2026, with Great Bipartisan support. Both Democrats and Republicans want it to happen. It’s now up to the U.S. Senate where it would be another Great Bipartisan...

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  2. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    “HAVE THE SENATE VOTE, NOW!”

    Trump criticizes Tom Cotton for blocking the Sunshine Protection Act and calls for the Senate to pass the Sunshine Protection Act.

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    Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It’s called, “The Sunshine Protection Act” or, “We Don’t Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act.” For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning! The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Daylight in the afternoon in order to finish their Tournaments. Likewise, regular Golfers, Tennis Players, Hunters and, perhaps most importantly, Farmers who want more Daylight to play or...

    On passing the Sunshine Protection Act in the Senate.

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  3. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    “TAKE THE WIN TOM, JUST TAKE THE WIN! YOU NEED IT, AND SO DOES OUR BELOVED REPUBLICAN PARTY!”

    Trump criticizes Tom Cotton for holding up the Sunshine Protection Act and thanks Mike Johnson and House members who approved the legislation.

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    If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn’t have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often forgetting to do so. That is really putting Arkansas FIRST, and I know, because, unlike Tom, I won that Great State, three times, and by almost 40 points! Additionally, it would be a very nice and easy WIN for the Republican Party, in particular, the Republican Senate, a place where we could use some WINS! The House approved, long ago, “The Sunshine Protection Act,” by a very Bipartisan Vote, 308 to 117. It has been held up in the Senate, a place where things go to die, by Tom Cotton, for months! — And for what, other than “ego?” The reason that it was terminated in the past was that certain Congressmen and Senators, from long ago, used...

    On passing the Sunshine Protection Act in the Senate.

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  4. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    Trump criticizes the early darkness following mandatory clock changes

    Trump criticizes the early darkness following mandatory clock changes. Trump says dinner companions expressed dislike of returning home in darkness.

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    I don’t know about anyone else, but a table full of very distinguished people just told me that they HATE, immediately after a mandatory time change, going home at night – and it’s DARK. It’s depressing! One of the gentleman stated that, “I just hate going home in darkness.” It’s also, in Crime Ridden Blue States, a lot more dangerous to be walking home in the dark! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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