Trump could finally end one of Americans most hated traditions clock changes for Daylight Saving Time

President Trump threw his support behind a congressional bill to end the twice-a-year Daylight Savings Time switch after a House committee backed the bid with overwhelming bipartisan support.House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Sunshine Protection Act on Thursday by a 48-1 vote — which would make Daylight Saving Time permanent.The measure appears to have wide support in the House, with 32 bipartisan cosponsors of the bill.

A similar measure in the Senate has 18 cosponsors from both parties.“It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production,” Trump wrote on TruthSocial.

“This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks,” the president said.“Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!”The measure was tucked inside a transportation bill, and would do away with standard time altogether — meaning when clocks spring forward an hour during springtime they would stay there forever, and the fall back to standard every autumn would be eliminated.That would generally lead to an hour or more of sunlight at the end of each day — which proponents argue would help both public safety and economic productivity.But that would also mean winter sunrises could come extremely late in some places — with daylight coming as late as 8 a.m.

or 9 a.m.Critics also argue permanent daylight savings hours would go against the human body’s natural sleep cycle — where dark evenings induce sleep and bright mornings awaken.Some health experts say making standard time permanent would more closely follow those rhythms.It is unclear who cast the single “Nay” in Thursday’s vote, but Rep.Nanette Barragan (D-CA.) raised arguments about the health impacts of perman...