Wire reporting: (AP, via ABC News)

Most of the United States is set to return to standard time early Sunday as a House-passed bill to make daylight saving time permanent remains stalled in the Senate, Georgia Recorder reported¹.

The House voted 308-17 in July for the Sunshine Protection Act, with 193 Republicans, 114 Democrats and one independent in favor, the Recorder said¹. Senators are due back from recess on Nov. 9, when a new push is expected, according to that account¹.

AP, carried by ABC News, said the Senate is skeptical of making daylight saving time permanent despite pressure from President Donald Trump³. Opponents say year-round daylight saving time would leave some commuters and schoolchildren in darkness well into the morning, AP reported^3,4.

Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, said Congress has made daylight saving time permanent before and later reversed it after late winter sunrises, the Recorder reported¹. If the change continued, January sunrise in Little Rock could be as late as 8:17 a.m., that outlet said¹.

The bill would need 60 votes to proceed if it reaches the Senate floor, the Recorder said, citing Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, who told reporters this summer it remains to be seen whether that many senators support it¹. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, has urged a floor vote, saying her state wants permanent daylight saving time¹.

Maryland Matters, adding a local note to the same States Newsroom package, said the state’s House members split evenly on the July vote, with four in favor and four opposed².

Federal experiments with winter daylight saving time in 1974 and 1975 proved unpopular because of dark school openings, the Recorder said, citing Transportation Department reporting from that era¹. What the Senate will do after Nov. 9 remains unknown^1,3.