Most of the United States set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. local time on Nov. 1 while a House-passed bill to keep daylight saving time year-round remains in the Senate, Georgia Recorder reported¹. Fox News said the fallback proceeded after the Senate did not act⁵.

Congress.gov records that H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., passed the House 308-117 on July 14, 2026, was received in the Senate the next day and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation². A Congressional Research Service summary on Congress.gov says the bill would make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, with an option for states that already exempt areas from daylight saving time². Fox News reported the House tally as 307-117⁵.

Georgia Recorder said a Senate push is expected after lawmakers return Nov. 9 but faces opposition from members who represent rural areas and states where children could walk to school in darkness in winter¹. The outlet said a floor vote would need 60 votes to proceed¹. Spectrum Local News said the Senate is not expected to vote this year⁴.

President Donald Trump has pressed the Senate to act^1,3,4,5. The Hill reported he posted Sen. Tom Cotton's cellphone number while urging passage³. Spectrum and Fox News quoted a Truth Social post in which Trump said the Senate was letting the bill die and should take a vote^4,5.

Cotton, R-Ark., said Congress has enacted permanent daylight saving time before and repealed it after late winter sunrises, Georgia Recorder reported¹. The Hill quoted Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as saying there is more opposition than the president realizes, citing safety concerns in northern and rural states³.

The Hill reported Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Politico there is "no clear path forward or consensus on it yet"³. The Hill said Thune voted against year-round daylight saving time in the Senate Commerce Committee and cited his northern state³. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told The Hill he is working for a vote in the lame-duck session³.

Spectrum Local News, citing the National Conference of State Legislatures, said 19 states have passed proposals that would take effect only if federal law changes, and that Arizona and Hawaii already use year-round standard time⁴. Georgia Recorder said a 1970s winter daylight-saving experiment proved unpopular because of dark school openings¹. Whether the Senate schedules a vote after the Nov. 3 election is not settled in these accounts^1,3,4.