Time enough at last: What's next after the House passes bill to do away with Daylight Saving Time?

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discusses the latest updates on the Sunshine Protection Act, which aims to make daylight saving time permanent, removing the need to change clocks twice a year. The most daylight in Washington, D.C. emerges in June, stretching 14 hours and 57 minutes. The shortest is near the winter solstice, clocking in at a scant nine hours and 29 minutes. Sunrise light hits the U.S. Capitol dome. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Congress can’t change any of that. But it can alter how we perceive it.Lawmakers routinely fork over to public tax cuts, economic stimulus and the elimination of a cumbersome law or policy. Awarding something to the voters is part of the Congressional DNA.So even though time is finite, lawmakers are again trying to give people something: more daylight.The House of Repre

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