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President Joe Biden imploring Congress to pass a gasoline tax holiday is being ripped as a political gimmick that only underscores his powerlessness regarding 41-year record-high inflation and his increasing desperation as the midterm elections approach.
Deep rift lies behind Biden's criticism of oil and gas industry
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months - an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures that was greeted with doubts by many lawmakers.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also reveals the political toxicity of high gas prices in an election year.
The reprieve would apply to gasoline and diesel fuel in a bid to ease financial pressures on households.