Biden’s gas tax holiday is too little, too late for vulnerable Democrats running for reelection this fall
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The party’s gas tax flap is the latest sign of the disconnect between the White House and Hill Democrats on how to tame voter fury over inflation, which is now threatening both Senate and House majorities. Once hopeful that the cost of gas, food and rent would recede by the midterms, Democrats are now begging Biden to go beyond the optimism he’s offered in public and treat price spikes like a full-fledged economic crisis.
“I fully understand that the gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem, but it will provide families some immediate relief,” Biden said on Wednesday. “We’re doing everything we can to reduce this pain at the pump now.” One Democratic lawmaker who attended the meeting described frustration after the White House decided to pivot to the gas tax holiday, lamenting that the president’s aides have lagged “on issue after issue.” That member then compared the Biden team’s approach to asking members of Congress whether or not they were familiar with the classic TV show “Friends.”
And Hassan, for one, wasn’t impressed: “I think that we should be suspending the gas tax for at least the next year. So no, I don’t think 90 days is enough,” she said.
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