President Biden will ask Congress to suspend the federal gas tax through September, a move that could shave off 18 cents per gallon to help consumers battling record prices at the pump, officials said.
to help consumers battling record prices at the pump, senior administration officials said.
., though it has since dropped below that mark. As of Monday, California had the highest average gas price of any state at $6.398 per gallon. The gas tax suspension would reduce the cost of a gallon of diesel fuel by 24 cents. The president also will request that states temporarily suspend their fuel taxes or provide consumers with rebates, senior administration officials told reporters.Biden bristles at claims by Republican lawmakers that last year’s COVID-19 aid plan was fully to blame for inflation reaching a 40-year high, calling that argument ‘bizarre.’
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