{"id":1286210,"date":"2022-02-09T17:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1286210"},"modified":"2022-02-09T17:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:37:47","slug":"vulnerable-democrats-introduce-bill-to-suspend-gas-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-democrats-introduce-bill-to-suspend-gas-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable Democrats Introduce Bill To Suspend Gas Tax"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fvulnerable-democrats-introduce-bill-to-suspend-gas-tax%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=1286210&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--><p>Several Senate Democrats locked in tight midterm races introduced legislation Wednesday that would temporarily suspend the gasoline tax amid surging prices.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelly.senate.gov\/press-releases\/sens-kelly-hassan-lead-colleagues-in-introducing-bill-to-lower-high-gas-prices%e2%80%afat-the-pump\/\">introduced<\/a> the Gas Prices Relief Act with co-sponsors that included Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Raphael Warnock of Georgia. The four senators are each facing extremely tight elections in November, which have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\">rated<\/a> by The Cook Political Report as the closest midterms involving incumbent Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would attempt to nix a federal 18 cents per gallon gasoline tax and lower rising prices at the pump, an issue <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/389309\/americans-offer-gloomy-state-nation-report.aspx\">seen by most Americans<\/a> as a major problem, according to a Feb. 2 Gallup poll.&nbsp; <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<p>\u201cArizonans are paying some of the highest prices for gas we have seen in years and it\u2019s putting a strain on families who need to fill up the tank to get to work and school,\u201c Kelly said in a statement.\u202f\u201cThis bill will lower gas prices by suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year to help Arizona families struggling with high costs for everything from gas to groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7369831\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7369831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, right, walks across a bridge in Woodstock, New Hampshire, with other state lawmakers and President Joe Biden on Nov. 16. (John Tully\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In November, gasoline prices started to decline after consistently rising through President Joe Biden\u2019s first 9 months in office. However, prices have again started to spike nationwide, hitting $3.44 per gallon on Monday, the highest level since 2014, federal data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/gasdiesel\/\">showed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pump prices have surged 49.3%, 44.3%, 40.7% and 38.7% over the past year in Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire and Nevada respectively as of Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=AZ\">according<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=NH\">to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=NV\">AAA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=GA\">data<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/02\/democratic-party-joe-biden-oil-prices-gasoline-white-house\/\">(RELATED: Democrats Pop Champagne Corks Over 2-Cent Reduction In Gas Prices, Praise Joe Biden)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are feeling a real pinch on everyday goods, and we must do more to help address rising costs, particularly the price of gas,\u201d Hassan added. \u201cWe need to continue to think creatively about how we can find new ways to bring down costs, and this bill would do exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the rising prices in late 2021, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/joe-biden-releases-50-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve-gas-prices\/\">tapped<\/a> into the nation\u2019s Strategic Petroleum Reserve of crude oil, a move <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/joe-biden-strategic-petroleum-reserve-critics-gas-prices\">criticized<\/a> by experts as unnecessary and unhelpful. Oil prices <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/crude-oil-prices-joe-biden-strategic-petroleum-reserve\/\">ticked up<\/a> after the president\u2019s action, which represented a fraction of the oil consumed daily by Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report rated Hassan\u2019s upcoming race as a \u201clean D\u201d and the three other senators\u2019 races as \u201ctoss up.\u201d<\/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>Several Senate Democrats locked in tight midterm races introduced legislation Wednesday that would temporarily suspend the gasoline tax amid surging prices.Democratic Sens. 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