Noninfrastructure Bill News Today

>> sandra: americas energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, im sandra smith in new york. hi, john. >> john: im john roberts in washington and this is "america reports." the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for di...

Republicans needed to get this across the finish line. >> i think they simply, they have a membership and a business model that will not allow them to support any legislation and so i understand where they are coming from, but i think most people will not allow any outside group to veto good public policy. >> so john, leader schumer is calling on the senate to take a vote on this by the end of the week. but again, as you mentioned, some trouble happening on the house side with steve scalise want...

Its also going to enhance background checks for gun buyers ages 18 to 21 to include juvenile records. the bill also sends millions to states with red flag laws but must offer due process to gun owners who may have their firearms removed. and finally on the so-called boyfriend loophole, the federal ban on abusers will include those who abuse a dating partner but the ban will only last five years. the package does not include radical changes that president biden was asking for, like the ban on ass...

Capitol hill. scalise opposes this but it could still pass. >> it could still pass. speaker pelosi would basically have to make sure she does not lose four democrats and able to gain at least a couple of republicans to ensure that it passes in the house. but at least on the senate side, john, senators are saying this is on a gliding path as they would call it, its well on its way to becoming the first major gun legislation to be enacted by congress in nearly three decades, and last night they to...

Sources of revenue so it does not get depleted from this. hell also call in states, oil companies and retailers to pause their gas taxes. on the hill, federal reserve chairman powell also was talking about this and the likelihood of recession. even with the rate hikes that we are seeing and that could come up, which he did not give any clue as to when or what they might be, does not think it would position us to go into recession but said there might be other surprises along the way. a bit of a ...