{"id":1526010,"date":"2022-06-22T15:34:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526010"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:34:45","slug":"biden-pushes-for-gas-tax-holiday-despite-rocky-future-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-gas-tax-holiday-despite-rocky-future-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Pushes For Gas Tax Holiday Despite Rocky Future In Congress"},"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%2Fbiden-pushes-for-gas-tax-holiday-despite-rocky-future-in-congress%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=1526010&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>President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for Congress to pass a federal gas tax holiday, arguing that it would bring relief to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s push faces an uphill battle in Congress, as members of both the Republican and Democratic parties have expressed skepticism regarding the initiative. Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a consistent thorn in Biden\u2019s side, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/democrat-joe-manchin-signals-support-bidens-call-gas\/story?id=85558791\">told<\/a> ABC News on Wednesday that he has multiple concerns and is \u201cnot a yes right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/07\/man-at-gas-station-sums-up-biden-administration-gas-economy\/\">gas<\/a> tax holiday isn\u2019t just viewed critically by lawmakers. In 2008, Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/21\/business\/gas-tax-holiday-biden\/index.html\">suggested<\/a> the \u201cgimmick\u201d was only good for winning votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe easiest thing in the world for a politician to do is tell you exactly what you want to hear,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Biden \u2013 after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-holidays-government-and-politics-ae1707c9e76f690a601d4e4e8e197b0c\">days of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/13\/joe-biden-gasoline-prices-ethanol-gambit-white-house\/\">consideration<\/a> \u2013 argued Wednesday that suspending the gas tax would help families \u201ca little bit.\u201d The federal gas tax is around 18 cents, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy suspending the 18-cent gas tax, federal gas tax for the next 90 days, we can bring down the price of gas and give families just a little bit of relief,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem, but it will provide families some immediate relief, just a little bit of breathing room as we continue working to bring down prices for the long haul,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<p>After expressing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/16\/oil-companies-industry-refineries-joe-biden\/\">support<\/a> for a federal gas tax holiday, Biden reiterated his administration\u2019s now-common claim that the increase in gas prices are due to Russia President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war on Ukraine. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/15\/joe-biden-federal-oil-gas-lease-sales\/\">(RELATED: Biden Is Still Trying To Ban Federal Oil, Gas Leasing)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin\u2019s Price Hike,\u201d he said Wednesday, is why Americans are struggling at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people understood,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThe American people rose to the moment. The American people did what they always have done: Defend freedom around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe simple truth is gas prices are up almost two dollars a gallon because of Vladimir Putin\u2019s ruthless attack on Ukraine,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\n<p>Americans were already facing a rise in costs at the pump before the invasion, though Russia\u2019s attack contributed to the spike, Forbes previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/personal-finance\/why-are-gas-prices-rising\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for Congress to pass a federal gas tax holiday, arguing that it would bring relief to Americans.Biden\u2019s push faces an uphill battle in Congress,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"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-1526010","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\/1526010","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\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526010\/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=1526010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}