{"id":1077518,"date":"2021-12-02T17:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077518"},"modified":"2021-12-02T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:13:43","slug":"dems-pop-champagne-corks-over-2-cent-reduction-in-gas-prices-praise-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-pop-champagne-corks-over-2-cent-reduction-in-gas-prices-praise-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Pop Champagne Corks Over 2 Cent Reduction In Gas Prices, Praise Joe Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-pop-champagne-corks-over-2-cent-reduction-in-gas-prices-praise-joe-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Democratic Party\u2019s lead fundraising arm for electing members to the House cheered a two-cent reduction in the average price of gasoline on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/bUkVD#selection-591.0-603.1\">tweeted<\/a> a graph of gas prices between Nov. 15-29, showing that the average cost at the pump has fallen from $3.40 per gallon to $3.38 per gallon. The graph, however, was created with $0.005 increments on its vertical axis, making the price decline appear significant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks, @JoeBiden,\u201d DCCC tweeted along with the image. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/joe-biden-strategic-petroleum-reserve-critics-gas-prices\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Will Not Fix The Problem\u2019: Biden Releasing Oil Reserves Due To Politics, Critics Say)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.1898734177215\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0iHwTLv7fB\">pic.twitter.com\/0iHwTLv7fB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DCCC (@dccc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dccc\/status\/1466494036630544394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the price of gasoline has declined slightly since mid-November, it remains near its highest level since 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/gasdiesel\/\">according<\/a> to Energy Information Administration data. On average, Americans are currently paying $1 per gallon more, a 40% increase, than they were on Jan. 25, shortly after President Joe Biden was elected.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has mainly blamed Big Oil and foreign energy producers for the rising prices. Administration officials have repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/oil-prices-opec-russia-joe-biden\/\">urged<\/a> Middle Eastern and Russian producers to bump output, and Biden has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/17\/joe-biden-federal-trade-commission-gasoline-prices-big-oil\/\">asked<\/a> the Federal Trade Commission to investigate alleged price gouging by oil corporations.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/11\/23\/president-biden-announces-release-from-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-as-part-of-ongoing-efforts-to-lower-prices-and-address-lack-of-supply-around-the-world\/\">ordered<\/a> the Department of Energy to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an attempt to ease costs. Oil prices, which are a key determinant of pump prices, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/crude-oil-prices-joe-biden-strategic-petroleum-reserve\/\">increased<\/a> following the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The price of oil has recently declined due to the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant that has caused uncertainty in global markets.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party\u2019s lead fundraising arm for electing members to the House cheered a two-cent reduction in the average price of gasoline on Thursday.The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) tweeted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}