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Trump shares Tom Cotton's phone number amid daylight saving time fight

Cotton has opposed the daylight saving time bill that President Trump is urging lawmakers to support.

Trump shares Tom Cotton's phone number amid daylight saving time fight
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President Trump shared Senator Tom Cotton’s cellphone number and urged Arkansans to call him over a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Cotton has opposed the measure, which passed the House but remains stalled in the Senate.

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Tom Cotton R · AR · SEN
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Tom Cotton
R · AR · SEN

Arkansas senator opposing permanent daylight saving time

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President urging support for permanent daylight saving time

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Amy Klobuchar
D · MN · SEN

Minnesota senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Lisa Blunt Rochester
D · DE · SEN

Delaware senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Jacky Rosen
D · NV · SEN

Nevada senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Todd Young
R · IN · SEN

Indiana senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader who questioned whether the bill could advance

Mike Rounds
R · SD · SEN

South Dakota senator who raised concerns about the bill’s effect in northern states

Tammy Duckworth
D · IL · SEN

Illinois senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Tim Sheehy
R · MT · SEN

Montana senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Jerry Moran
R · KS · SEN

Kansas senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Gary C. Peters
D · MI · SEN

Michigan senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Deb Fischer
R · NE · SEN

Nebraska senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Dan Sullivan
R · AK · SEN

Alaska senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Roger F. Wicker
R · MS · SEN

Mississippi senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

Ted Budd
R · NC · SEN

North Carolina senator who voted against advancing the bill in committee

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Trump Presses Tom Cotton Over Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill

Outlets agree that Trump urged people to contact Sen. Tom Cotton and posted a number he said belonged to Cotton as he pushed for permanent daylight saving time. Cotton opposes the change, citing dark winter mornings. Left-leaning outlets focus on Trump's public pressure and phone-number post, often presenting the disclosure as an inappropriate or ineffective tactic. Center outlets largely describe both sides' policy arguments and the phone-number episode. Right-leaning outlets often pair Trump's push with Cotton's winter-morning objection, though some portray Cotton as delaying action.

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