President Trump Resurfaces Push to Change Daylight Savings Time

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Trump backs permanent daylight saving time. Could it lead to a change? - National

Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA), said moving to permanent daylight saving time could add 23 million rounds of golf annually and boost revenue by US$1 billion, while permanent standard time could cut 53 million total annual rounds.

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Global News

'No More Changing of the Clocks': Trump Urges Congress To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

During a hearing on Thursday, the Senate Commerce Committee explored the issue, but lawmakers remained divided on whether to adopt daylight saving time or standard time as the permanent option.

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The New York Sun

Trump To Congress: Pass 'Very Popular' Daylight Saving Bill

Supporters of making Daylight Saving Time permanent say that more sunlight later in the day would allow people to enjoy more time outdoors, while critics argue that it would mean children would have to go to school and wait for buses in the dark.

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Trump Revives Effort To Make 'Daylight Saving Time' Permanent

President Donald Trump says Congress should push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The majority of the U.S. observes the biannual time shift, adjusting clocks forward or backward by one hour. The transition known as “springing forward” marks the onset of Daylight Saving time.

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Daylight saving time debate reignites with Trump’s latest comments

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME starts this Sunday at 2 A.M. A lot of doctors say that losing one hour of sleep might not sound like a big deal, but it is. There has been a lot of research looking at the effect of the time change.

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Trump wants Congress to end the changing of clocks and keep the country on daylight saving time

Trump wants Congress to end the changing of clocks and keep the country on daylight saving time. President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” Add Winnipeg Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only $1 for the first 4 weeks.

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Well, It Looks Like Donald Trump Changed His Mind On Daylight Saving Time

Donald Trump said daylight saving time is a 50/50 issue. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on the issue on Thursday. The panel is expected to vote on a resolution to end daylight saving soon. The issue is one of the most divisive in U.S. society.

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'No more changing of the clocks': Trump calls for permanent daylight saving time

President Donald Trump said on Friday we should remain on daylight saving time permanently. This is a stark contrast to what he was saying in December. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act on March 15, 2022. It remains stalled in the House and has not been signed into law by President Trump.

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Trump Begs 'No More Changing of the Clocks' in Daylight Time Bid

President Donald Trump urged Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent on Friday. Trump’s post amounts to an endorsement of the Sunshine Protection Act, legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. As unpopular as the spring-ahead and fall-back clock-changing ritual is, there’t widespread consensus on which time system to use year-round.

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Trump renews call for end to seasonal clock changes

President Donald Trump renews his call for an end to seasonal clock changes. He urges Congress to push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. The summer clock, known as Daylight Saving Time, was adopted by the federal government during World War I. Trump pledged in December to get Republicans working on the opposite goal -- abandoning DST.

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Daylight Saving Time Targeted by Donald Trump as ‘Costly’ and ‘Inconvenient’ [WATCH]

President Trump calls on Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. He says it is a "very costly event" for the federal government. Most U.S. states follow the twice-yearly change in Daylight Savings Time, which begins in the spring and ends in the fall.

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Trump says Congress should push 'for more Daylight at the end of a day'

"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!!!" the president declared Friday morning. Most parts of the U.S. participate in the twice-annual time changes.

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Trump asks Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

The Senate held a session where it explored ways to eliminate the time change that much of the country must make twice a year.

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Trump Shrugs Off Global Economic Chaos for New Priority: Daylight Savings Time

The president took time off from tariff discussions on Friday to call on Congress to adopt permanent daylight saving time. The Senate Commerce Committee is considering a plan to stave off the dark evenings and spare Americans the inconvenience of changing their clocks twice a year. Lawmakers are conflicted on whether to save light in the mornings or at night.

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President Trump urges Congress to 'push hard for' year-round daylight saving time

President Donald Trump has changed his mind about daylight saving time. On Friday he seemed to be all in favor of a proposal to lock clocks permanently. The issue is already on the Capitol Hill radar, with a hearing Thursday in the Senate Commerce Committee. Last year, Oklahoma became the 20th state to enact “lock in’ time.

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