{"id":1457555,"date":"2022-04-29T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T11:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457555"},"modified":"2022-04-29T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T12:00:52","slug":"democrats-try-to-play-offense-on-gas-prices-target-big-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-try-to-play-offense-on-gas-prices-target-big-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Try to Play Offense on Gas Prices, Target Big Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdemocrats-try-to-play-offense-on-gas-prices-target-big-oil%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=1457555&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<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>op congressional Democrats on Thursday announced legislation they said would lower gas prices for consumers, as rising costs imperil Democrats&#8217; chances of maintaining their majorities in November\u2019s elections. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> and House Speaker <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> said they would bring legislation to their respective chambers giving the Federal Trade Commission more authority to combat gasoline price manipulation. The lawmakers blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as a factor in rising costs, as well as what they called profiteering by \u201cBig Oil.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/romney-blasts-proposals-to-cancel-student-debt-after-biden-signals-willingness\">ROMNEY BLASTS PROPOSALS TO CANCEL STUDENT DEBT AFTER BIDEN SIGNALS WILLINGNESS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats are moving forward with forceful action that will stop and hold accountable oil and gas companies for profiteering,\u201d Pelosi said at a press conference at the Capitol. <\/p>\n<p>Asked about a federal gas tax holiday, which some centrist Democrats have called for in an effort to alleviate consumer costs, Pelosi brushed off the proposal as \u201cgood PR\u201d but without evidence that \u201cthe oil companies would pass that on to the consumer.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In response to a question about arguments from Republicans that the United States should increase its own domestic energy production in response to rising costs, Pelosi and Schumer argued oil companies are not doing so, instead looking to increase their own profits. <\/p>\n<p>Schumer and Pelosi argued that Democrats&#8217; legislation would reduce costs while saying Republicans were looking to score political points by blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats for rising prices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats are taking action to help Americans. Our Republican colleagues only lift a finger \u2014 finger, point blame, try to seek political advantage, get nothing done,\u201d Schumer said. <\/p>\n<p>An <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/April-2022-ABC-news-poll\">ABC News\/Ipsos poll<\/a><\/u> earlier this month found that voters blame multiple factors for rising costs: 71% blame Putin, while 68% blame oil companies. But majorities also blame Biden and Democratic policies, with fewer blaming Republicans or former President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Pelosi said she does not think voters will blame Democrats for gas prices. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019re blaming the oil companies,\u201d she said. \u201cThey will blame all of us if we don\u2019t do something about the fossil fuel industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top congressional Democrats on Thursday announced legislation they said would lower gas prices for consumers, as rising costs imperil Democrats&#8217; chances of maintaining their majorities in November\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457555","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\/1457555","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457555\/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=1457555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}