Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
Also reported by PBS NewsHour
Summary
President Donald Trump urged people in Arkansas to call Senator Tom Cotton to support a bill making daylight saving time permanent. The bill passed the House but faces opposition in the Senate, including from Senator Cotton, who is concerned about darker winter mornings for children and workers.Key Facts
- President Trump wants to make daylight saving time permanent across the US.
- The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House but is stalled in the Senate.
- Senator Tom Cotton opposes the bill, worried about very late sunrises in winter.
- Trump shared a phone number for Cotton, encouraging Arkansas residents to call him.
- Cotton says permanent daylight saving time would cause kids to wait for the school bus in the dark.
- About 12% of US adults want to keep the current system of changing clocks twice a year.
- Nearly half of Americans oppose the current clock-changing system, while 40% are neutral.
- Daylight saving time shifts clocks ahead by one hour in spring and back in fall to provide more evening daylight.
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