Trump Touts 48-1 Daylight Saving Vote After Republicans Freeze $1.8 Billion ICE Fund
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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 22
Trump Touts 48-1 Daylight Saving Vote After Republicans Freeze $1.8 Billion ICE Fund
16 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 22
A 48-1 House Energy and Commerce Committee vote advanced the Sunshine Protection Act, and Trump quickly cast the push for permanent daylight saving time as an easy Republican win.
Trump promoted the bill hours after Republicans froze ICE funding tied to his $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, with the White House framing the clock-change fight as a cheaper, simpler target.
The measure is folded into the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act now before the House and would leave Arizona and Hawaii as the likely holdouts from year-round daylight saving time.
Supporters including Rep. Vern Buchanan say ending twice-yearly clock changes would improve safety, health and economic activity, while critics warn winter sunrises could slip past 9 a.m. in some regions.
The debate revives a long-running split: 47% of respondents in an October poll opposed the current system, but Trump himself called permanent daylight saving time a "50/50 issue" last year.
Health experts favor permanent standard time. Why is Congress advancing the opposite?
The US repealed year-round daylight time in the 1970s. Are we poised to repeat a failed experiment?