Three months with no gas tax? Congress and states are skeptical of Biden's gas tax holiday proposal.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is facing an uphill battle to get Congress and some states on board to suspend federal and state gas taxes — a move aimed at offering relief to Americans as gas prices surpass $5 a gallon around the country.
Biden was met with skepticism Wednesday as he called on lawmakers on Capitol Hill and states to suspend the federal gas tax for the next three months. The move would pause a federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon of gas and 24.4 cents for diesel.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., wrote in a tweet he was glad the president was looking for ways to lower gas prices but wasn't entirely convinced slashing taxes was the answer.
"Suspending the primary way that we pay for infrastructure projects on our roads is a shortsighted and inefficient way to provide relief," Carper said.
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