The U.S. Senate once again failed to advance legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent and end the biannual clock changes.

The bill, first unanimously approved in March 2022, was pushed on the Senate floor by Senator Rick Scott, who said, “The American people love having an extra hour of sunlight.”

The big picture: Opposition from Senator Tom Cotton and others blocked any fast-tracking of the bill. • Cotton warned against repeating past mistakes that would cause “absurdly late winter sunrises” forcing children to go to school in darkness.

Driving the news: The legislation would allow states to choose whether to stay permanently on standard time or daylight saving time, raising concerns about a potential patchwork of time zones across the country. • Year-round daylig

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