{"id":1455495,"date":"2022-04-27T12:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455495"},"modified":"2022-04-27T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:46:40","slug":"pain-at-the-pump-virginia-dems-block-youngkins-gas-tax-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pain-at-the-pump-virginia-dems-block-youngkins-gas-tax-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain at the Pump: Virginia Dems Block Youngkin\u2019s Gas Tax Holiday"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpain-at-the-pump-virginia-dems-block-youngkins-gas-tax-holiday%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=1455495&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>Virginia Senate Democrats voted to kill Republican governor Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s proposed gas tax holiday even as the state&#8217;s average gas price inches back up to four dollars.<\/p>\n<p>All 11 Democrats on the Finance and Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday against Youngkin&#8217;s proposal, which would have waived the Old Dominion&#8217;s gas tax for 90 days. One Republican, state senator Emmett Hanger, joined the Democrats to block the tax holiday, 7News DC&#8217;s Nick Minock <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickMinock\/status\/1519316878317002752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Virginians last week showed up at the state Capitol to express their support for the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is something that is common sense,&#8221; one person told the House Finance Committee. &#8220;Why would you vote against this? Why would you vote to take money out of my family&#8217;s mouth?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Virginia families need relief,&#8221; another person told the committee. &#8220;Thank God we have Governor Youngkin, who is working to help Virginia families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed the tax holiday, but the Senate&#8217;s vote Wednesday stopped the bill in its tracks. Democrats have a narrow majority in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate committee&#8217;s vote comes as Virginia&#8217;s average gas price hovers around four dollars. As of April 27, it stands around $3.96, the American Automobile Association <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=VA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a>. The highest average ever recorded in the state was $4.26 on March 11.<\/p>\n<p>Commenters on Minock&#8217;s tweet seemed to be angry but unsurprised at the committee Democrats&#8217; action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not listening to voters again,&#8221; one person wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Senate Democrats voted to kill Republican governor Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s proposed gas tax holiday even as the state&#8217;s average gas price inches back up to four dollars. 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