Gasoline tax holiday push already sputtering in Congress
(Politico) Congressional leaders are pumping the brakes on President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend the federal gasoline tax, wary of taking a political gamble with relatively little payoff for Americans at the pump.
Republicans and Democrats alike said Tuesday they are open to the idea of temporarily lifting the 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax and that they will discuss the possibility over the coming days.
At the same time, 24 hours after Trump’s call to action — and more than two months into a Middle East war that has caused fuel prices to surge — congressional leaders were not throwing any weight behind legislative proposals, preferring instead to wait and see whether Trump will make a more direct appeal to Congress.
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