“This Is an Easy One!”: Trump Pushes Plan to Cancel Twice-Yearly Clock Changing

(WND)—President Donald Trump has announced his backing of a congressional plan to make Daylight Savings Time year-round.

That move would cancel the twice-yearly agenda to change clocks, forward one hour in springtime and back one hour in the fall.

Of course, there still remain advocates for keeping the flip-flopping, as well as those who want Standard Time to be year-round.

The latest move was from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which voted 48-1 to support a plan to make DST the year-round time.

“Big Vote today (48-1!) in the Energy and Commerce Committee on a Bill including The Sunshine Protection Act, which will be making Daylight Saving Time Permanent! 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. 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!” Trump wrote on social media.

“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. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it! We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!” the president declared.

Fox News reported the office of Rep. Vern Buchanan’s, R-Fla., noted, “The Sunshine Protection Act was included as a provision within an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (AINS) to the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act, which was marked up and sent to the House floor by the House Energy and Commerce Committee today.”

Buchanan explained the plan has 32 bipartisan cosponsors in the House, and a Senate companion piece by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has 18 bipartisan cosponsors.

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