Here’s Senator Cotton’s Cell Number, Trump Says, in Dispute Over Daylight Saving Bill
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The president urged people to call Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and accused him of blocking a bill to cement daylight saving time.
Listen · 3:50 min Share full article Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, is at odds with President Trump over a daylight saving time bill. Credit... Alex Kent/The New York Times By Mack Liederman and Robert Jimison
Mr. Trump, championing the Sunshine Protection Act, which has been stalled in the Senate since July, accused Mr. Cotton of holding up the bill in a lengthy Truth Social post. Then Mr. Trump shared 10 digits.
“To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate,” Mr. Trump said. “Call Tom on his cellphone.”
Two officials confirmed that the number Mr. Trump gave out belonged to Mr. Cotton, whose office did not respond to a request for a comment. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Calls went to an automated voice mail greeting saying an unnamed recipient was “temporarily unavailable.”
The bill, which would cement daylight saving time and stop Americans from having to change their clocks twice a year, has been stuck in the Senate after sailing through the House in July with a 308-to-117 vote.
Year-round daylight-saving time was last tried in 1974, but public sentiment quickly soured as Americans complained of dark winter mornings, particularly for parents taking children to school. It was repealed in less than a year.
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