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Senator says US daylight saving time bill faces tough fight

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Acting Attorney General Blanche testifies before Senate budget panel on Capitol Hill
U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) attends a Senate subcommittee on the Justice Department's proposed 2027 budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2026. REUTER/Evelyn Hockstein

FARNBOROUGH, England July 20 (Reuters) - A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to make daylight saving time permanent will face a tough fight in the Senate to win approval, a lawmaker said Monday. Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, said President Donald Trump called him recently to ask him to support the bill to end the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks that has

FARNBOROUGH, England July 20 (Reuters) - A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to make daylight saving time permanent will face a tough fight in the Senate to win approval, a lawmaker said Monday.

Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, said President Donald Trump called him recently to ask him to support the bill to end the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks that has been observed across most of the United States since the 1960s.

House vote on the Sunshine Protection Act on Capitol Hill
Sunlight falls on the U.S. Capitol as the sun sets in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 13, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago

Kennedy said he agreed to support it but said there is significant opposition in the Senate. "It's going to be a dog fight," Kennedy told reporters on the sidelines of the Farnborough air show.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

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