President Donald Trump has renewed his push for legislation that would put the United States on permanent Daylight Saving Time, but a top Senate Republican says the bill currently has no realistic chance of moving forward, according to The Hill.

Trump is once again championing the Sunshine Protection Act as he searches for proposals with broad voter appeal amid resistance to much of his agenda. If enacted, the legislation would keep the country on Daylight Saving Time year-round, ending the practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Under the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966, states can opt out of Daylight Saving Time — Hawaii and most of Arizona do — but cannot stay on it year-round without Congress changing federal law, which is why the change requires an act of Congress. While many Americans support dropping the ritual, numerous lawmakers in Congress have warned of its drawbacks, including pitch-dark winter mornings and disrupted sleep patterns. Sleep-medicine groups, including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have urged Congress to make standard time permanent instead, a counterpoint to Trump's year-round daylight time push.

That resistance appears to have stalled the bill for now. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said this week that the measure has "no clear path forward," despite pressure from the president. Absent congressional action, the current federal schedule remains in place, with clocks springing forward each March and falling back each November.

"The president feels strongly on it like he does a lot of issues," Thune said in an interview. "It's something we're having conversations about but there's no clear path forward or consensus on it yet."

As The Hill noted, Thune also voiced opposition to the bill earlier this year, citing the detrimental effect it would have on his home state of South Dakota.

"I'm from a northern clime," he told reporters. "I voted against it in committee."

Thune has repeatedly stood his ground against Trump's pressure campaigns during the president's second term, most notably insisting that the SAVE America Act lacked the support to pass the Senate without gutting filibuster rules, as previously reported byet. That bill would have imposed sweeping changes to voter registration requirements as part of Trump's long-running crusade against voter fraud, which he falsely claims is widespread.

The Sunshine Protection Act previously cleared the House with bipartisan support, 308 to 117, in July before running into the current roadblock in the Senate.

As Trump pressed for the bill's passage before Election Day, he posted a series of messages on Truth Social deriding the practice of changing the clocks and appearing to suggest that part of his enthusiasm stemmed from the boost permanent Daylight Saving Time would give golfers.

"A ridiculous Clock changing process that takes place twice a year, costs our Country a fortune, is bad for Crime, stress on people, Sports, and just about everything else you can imagine," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. "People don't want to go around changing their Clocks anymore and, besides, far and away, most people like having an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning."