The US House voted last week in strong bipartisan fashion to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country. But it faces strong headwinds in the Senate, with one key Republican senator warning the bill won’t “see the light of day.”
Here’s what we know about what’s next:
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is among the most vocal opponents of moving towards year-round Daylight Saving Time, and has vowed to block any proponents’ efforts to quickly approve the bill on the floor through a process known as unanimous consent, which requires all 100 senators to agree to an expedited vote.
There are plenty of other senators like Cotton who oppose the bill, and warn that a later sunrise would endanger children who could be forced to commute to school in the dark.
GOP leaders will be wary of using up valuable floor time on an issue that might not overcome the 60-vote threshold it’ll need to advance.
