A bill that would permanently lock the United States into daylight saving time — ending the twice-yearly ritual of changing clocks — is heading into a difficult fight in the Senate, a lawmaker warned Monday.
Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, revealed that President Donald Trump recently reached out to him by phone, asking for his support on the legislation. The bill cleared the U.S. House of Representatives last week and would do away with the clock-changing tradition that has been practiced across most of the country since the 1960s.
Kennedy said he told the president he would back the measure, but he cautioned that the road ahead in the Senate will not be easy. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Farnborough air show in England on Monday, Kennedy was blunt about the challenge ahead. “It’s going to be a dog fight,” he said.
