the unions in this country now have the support, whether union members or not, of over 60% of the american people, never before have union been that popular, labor union. or 60% the american people. i think that s important. because they re figuring it. out you are the bulwark against success. you are the ones. and by the way, you know, like all of you, like many of you, i wasn t raised poor. but, i wasn t wealthy. we lived in a three bedroom split level home and in a town called mayfield in delaware with four kids, mom, that, and a grandpa. but we were all right. we could always tell whether things were going. rough we had two sets of bunks in one room. you could hear my dad when he was restless. you could hear the headboard. i remember asking my mom one day, what s the matter with that? she said, honey, we just lost our insurance. people shouldn t have to face that reality in america. it shouldn t be the case. the unions make sure that we didn t have to face that. but the r
reporter: so he s going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you re wondering what that s going to save you when you re actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you re looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that s been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just something that the president can do on his own. yes, he s about to call for it any moment now. but it really requires an act of congress on capitol hill to actually get this passed. and you re already see something concern even from democrats in the president s own party about whether or not this would actually make that big of a difference, and if it s worth what it would do. one of those concerns has c
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