（NewsNation）——又到了一年一度的时刻。随着夏令时于周日凌晨结束，全国大部分地区将时钟拨回一小时，数位参议员正在阻挠一项旨在废除美国这一长期做法的立法。
(NewsNation) — It's that time of year again. As daylight saving time ends early Sunday and much of the country turns the clocks back an hour, several senators are holding up legislation that would eliminate the longtime U.S. practice.
支持者认为，结束调整时钟的做法将在下午提供更多日照时间，而美国人在下午最为活跃；但反对者表示，某些州的通勤者要到上午9点以后才能见到阳光。
Supporters argue ending the time change would provide more daylight during the afternoon, when Americans are most active, but opponents say commuters in some states wouldn’t see the sun until after 9 a.m.
共和党阿肯色州参议员汤姆·科顿表示：“没人喜欢调时钟，我也是，但国会曾多次实行永久夏令时，每次美国人在冬天经历了荒谬的晚日出后，国会都将其废除了。”作为共和党领导层成员，科顿是反对这一变革最直言不讳的人，本月早些时候更因共和党总统特朗普在社交媒体上公布其私人手机号码并命令他“搞定它！”，而招致特朗普的愤怒。
“No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent daylight saving time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter,” said Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. Cotton, a member of GOP leadership, is the most vocal opponent of the change, notably drawing Trump’s ire earlier this month when the Republican president posted his personal cellphone number on social media and ordered him to “GET IT DONE!”
但科顿并非唯一阻挠该立法的参议员，该法案将把夏令时定为永久的全国标准。另有数名共和党参议员，特别是来自一些北方州份、将迎来更晚日出的参议员，表示也反对该法案。
But Cotton is not the only senator blocking the legislation, which would make daylight saving time the permanent national standard. Several other Republicans, particularly those from some northern states that would see much later sunrises, say they also oppose it.
南达科他州参议员迈克·朗兹说：“你会让孩子们在黑暗中去上学。”
“You’d be sending kids to school in the dark,” said South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds.
尽管面临特朗普的施压，多名共和党人在最近几周预测，在11月3日中期选举后参议院重返华盛顿的短暂时间里，该法案不会提交表决。
Despite pressure from Trump, several Republicans predicted in recent weeks the bill won’t come up for a vote in the short time left when the Senate returns to Washington after the Nov. 3 midterm election.
印第安纳州共和党参议员托德·扬表示，据他了解，众议院法案对参议院共和党领袖来说是“非议题”。
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., said it’s his understanding that the House bill is a “nonstarter” for Senate Republican leaders.
俄亥俄州共和党参议员伯尼·莫雷诺在被问及本月认为该法案是否会在近期通过参议院时，回答得更加直白：“绝无可能。”
Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio was even more blunt when asked this month if he thinks the bill will pass the Senate anytime soon. “No way,” Moreno said.
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩尚未公开对众议院法案表态，但他过去曾对类似版本投过反对票。
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hasn’t weighed in publicly on the House bill, but he has voted against similar versions in the past.